sensuelle

\sɑ̃.sɥɛl\

/\sɑ̃.sɥɛl\/ adj

The verdict

“sensuelle” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,702. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,702
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de sensuel.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sensuelle · sensuelle · French

sensuelle · rank #22,702 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,702
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sedan

Nearest frequency peer: sedan (-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 « sensuelle »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sensuelle » 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).

sensuelle vs sexuelle
78% similar
sensuelle vs sensuel
78% similar

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

Key facts for sensuelle
PropertyValue
Headwordsensuelle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sɑ̃.sɥɛl\
Letters9
Frequency rank#22,702
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sensuelle »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).sensuellese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « sedan » (#22,701), « scandaleuse » (#22,700), « sig » (#22,704). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sensuelle » est au #22,702. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around sensuelle (IPA \sɑ̃.sɥɛl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #22,702 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de sensuel.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for sensuelle, with forms such as "esnsuelle", "sennsuelle", and "senseulle". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "sexuelle", "sensuel", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is sensuelle, spelled S-E-N-S-U-E-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de sensuel.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Mais c’est tout de même la plume sensuelle de l’Iranienne Marsha Mehran qui apprête le plus suavement les papilles à déguster la grenade avec son livre La soupe à la grenade, cette aash-e anar qui « repose entièrement sur ce fruit pour son inspiration. D’un magenta brillant quand il a fini de cuire, le jus de grenade donne à la soupe un goût aigre-doux… ».

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esnsuelle
  • sennsuelle
  • senseulle
  • senssuelle
  • sensuele
  • sensuelel
  • sensulele
  • senuselle
  • sesnuelle
  • snesuelle
  • ssensuelle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sensuelle - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

esnsuelle2sennsuelle1senseulle2senssuelle1sensuele1sensuelel2sensulele2senuselle2
Edit distance from "sensuelle"

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 "sensuelle"?
"sensuelle" is spelled S-E-N-S-U-E-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɑ̃.sɥɛl\.
What does "sensuelle" mean?
As an adjective, "sensuelle" means: Féminin singulier de sensuel.
What words are commonly confused with "sensuelle"?
"sensuelle" is commonly confused with "sexuelle", "sensuel". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sensuelle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sensuelle" is \sɑ̃.sɥɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sensuelle" come from?
"sensuelle" 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 "sensuelle", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list