señor

\se.ɲɔʁ\

/\se.ɲɔʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“señor” is uncommon French (frequency #51,742 among 394,209 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,742
frequency rank, French
394,209
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Monsieur, sieur (dans les pays hispanophones).

Key facts for señor
PropertyValue
Headwordseñor
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\se.ɲɔʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#51,742
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “señor” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). señor lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

señor is uncommon French at frequency #51,742 among 394,209 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \se.ɲɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

señor doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is señor, spelled S-E-Ñ-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Monsieur, sieur (dans les pays hispanophones).
  2. 2
    Parfois utilisé pour introduire le nom d’un homme d’un pays hispanophone.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "señor"?
"señor" is spelled S-E-Ñ-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is \se.ɲɔʁ\.
What does "señor" mean?
As a noun, "señor" means: Monsieur, sieur (dans les pays hispanophones).
How do you pronounce "señor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "señor" is \se.ɲɔʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "señor" come from?
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Using “señor”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is S-E-Ñ-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \se.ɲɔʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list