sensualité

\sɑ̃.sɥa.li.te\

/\sɑ̃.sɥa.li.te\/ noun

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The verdict

“sensualité” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,416. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,416
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Attachement aux plaisirs des sens.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sensualite · sensualité · French

sensualité · rank #22,416 · 15 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #22,416
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH selfies

Nearest frequency peer: selfies (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « sensualité »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « sensualité » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

sensualité vs sexualité
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for sensualité
PropertyValue
Headwordsensualité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɑ̃.sɥa.li.te\
Letters10
Frequency rank#22,416
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sensualité »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.sensualitése place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « selfies » (#22,415), « serial » (#22,417), « savantes » (#22,414). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sensualité » est au #22,416. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around sensualité (IPA \sɑ̃.sɥa.li.te\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,416 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for sensualité, with forms such as "esnsualité", "sennsualité", and "sensaulité". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "sexualité", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is sensualité, spelled S-E-N-S-U-A-L-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Attachement aux plaisirs des sens.
  2. 2
    Les plaisirs sensuels.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how sensualité appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Démétrios la regarda, et devinant, à n’en pas douter, quelle sensualité simple et neuve animait ce corps de jeune fille, il dit : « Je l’adore le premier », et il l’entoura de ses bras.
  2. …mais Beaumanoir est un homme d’une autre trempe. Il hait la sensualité, il méprise la richesse, et brûle de gagner ce qu’ils appellent la couronne du martyre.

Synonyms

volupté

This word in other languages

sensuality(English)sensualidad(Español)Sinnlichkeit(Deutsch)sensualidade(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esnsualité
  • sennsualité
  • sensaulité
  • senssualité
  • sensuailté
  • sensualite
  • sensualitté
  • sensualiét
  • sensuallité
  • sensualtié
  • sensulaité
  • senusalité
  • sesnualité
  • snesualité
  • ssensualité

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sensualité - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

esnsualité2sennsualité1sensaulité2senssualité1sensuailté2sensualite1sensualitté1sensualiét2
Edit distance from "sensualité"

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 "sensualité"?
"sensualité" is spelled S-E-N-S-U-A-L-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \sɑ̃.sɥa.li.te\.
What does "sensualité" mean?
As a noun, "sensualité" means: Attachement aux plaisirs des sens.
What words are commonly confused with "sensualité"?
"sensualité" is commonly confused with "sexualité". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sensualité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sensualité" is \sɑ̃.sɥa.li.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sensualité" come from?
"sensualité" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sensualité", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

salafistes#22,411suspendues#22,428revirement#22,402retournant#22,401

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

ressusciter15 variantstraumatisé15 variantstraversait15 variantspréceptes15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list