sentiments

\sɑ̃.ti.mɑ̃\

/\sɑ̃.ti.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“sentiments” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,199. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,199
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de sentiment.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sentiments · sentiments · French

sentiments · rank #2,199 · 16 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,199
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH réflexion

Nearest frequency peer: réflexion (-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 « sentiments »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sentiments » 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).

sentiments vs sentiment
90% similar
sentiments vs sédiments
70% similar
sentiments vs sentimental
82% similar

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

Key facts for sentiments
PropertyValue
Headwordsentiments
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɑ̃.ti.mɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#2,199
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sentiments »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.sentimentsse 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 « réflexion » (#2,198), « souvenirs » (#2,200), « retrouvé » (#2,197). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sentiments » est au #2,199. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around sentiments (IPA \sɑ̃.ti.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,199 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de sentiment.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for sentiments, with forms such as "esntiments", "senitments", and "senntiments". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "sentiment", "sédiments", "sentimental", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is sentiments, spelled S-E-N-T-I-M-E-N-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de sentiment.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ah, vous ne pouvez pas comprendre, vous les soldats qui êtes en plein dans l’action, les sentiments qui nous animent à l’arrière.
  2. C’est dans cet accès spontané, tout naturel, à ses sentiments et à ses désirs personnels que l’être humain puise sa force intérieure et son respect de lui-même. Il a le droit de vivre ses émotions, d’être triste, désespéré ou d’avoir besoin d’aide, sans trembler de perturber quelqu’un. Il a le droit d’avoir peur quand il se sent menacé, de se fâcher quand…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esntiments
  • senitments
  • senntiments
  • sentiemnts
  • sentimennts
  • sentimenst
  • sentimentss
  • sentimentts
  • sentimetns
  • sentimments
  • sentimnets
  • sentmients
  • senttiments
  • setniments
  • snetiments
  • ssentiments

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sentiments - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

esntiments2senitments2senntiments1sentiemnts2sentimennts1sentimenst2sentimentss1sentimentts1
Edit distance from "sentiments"

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 "sentiments"?
"sentiments" is spelled S-E-N-T-I-M-E-N-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \sɑ̃.ti.mɑ̃\.
What does "sentiments" mean?
As a noun, "sentiments" means: Pluriel de sentiment.
What words are commonly confused with "sentiments"?
"sentiments" is commonly confused with "sentiment", "sédiments", "sentimental". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sentiments"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sentiments" is \sɑ̃.ti.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sentiments" come from?
"sentiments" 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 "sentiments", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list