sentimentale

\sɑ̃.ti.mɑ̃.tal\

/\sɑ̃.ti.mɑ̃.tal\/ adj

The verdict

“sentimentale” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,794. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,794
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-sentimentale · sentimentale · French

sentimentale · rank #14,794 · 18 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,794
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH schiste

Nearest frequency peer: schiste (-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 « sentimentale »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sentimentale » 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).

sentimentale vs sentimentaux
83% similar
sentimentale vs sentimentales
92% similar
sentimentale vs sentimental
92% similar

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

Key facts for sentimentale
PropertyValue
Headwordsentimentale
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sɑ̃.ti.mɑ̃.tal\
Letters12
Frequency rank#14,794
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sentimentale »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.sentimentalese 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 « schiste » (#14,793), « saxon » (#14,792), « serviteurs » (#14,796). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sentimentale » est au #14,794. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around sentimentale (IPA \sɑ̃.ti.mɑ̃.tal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #14,794 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de sentimental.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for sentimentale, with forms such as "esntimentale", "senitmentale", and "senntimentale". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "sentimentaux", "sentimentales", "sentimental", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is sentimentale, spelled S-E-N-T-I-M-E-N-T-A-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de sentimental.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Vous remettez volontiers en question les bases de votre vie sentimentale.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esntimentale
  • senitmentale
  • senntimentale
  • sentiemntale
  • sentimenatle
  • sentimenntale
  • sentimentael
  • sentimentalle
  • sentimentlae
  • sentimenttale
  • sentimetnale
  • sentimmentale
  • sentimnetale
  • sentmientale
  • senttimentale
  • setnimentale
  • snetimentale
  • ssentimentale

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

esntimentale2senitmentale2senntimentale1sentiemntale2sentimenatle2sentimenntale1sentimentael2sentimentalle1
Edit distance from "sentimentale"

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 "sentimentale"?
"sentimentale" is spelled S-E-N-T-I-M-E-N-T-A-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɑ̃.ti.mɑ̃.tal\.
What does "sentimentale" mean?
As an adjective, "sentimentale" means: Féminin singulier de sentimental.
What words are commonly confused with "sentimentale"?
"sentimentale" is commonly confused with "sentimentaux", "sentimentales", "sentimental". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sentimentale"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sentimentale" is \sɑ̃.ti.mɑ̃.tal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sentimentale" come from?
"sentimentale" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list