sentinelle

\sɑ̃.ti.nɛl\

/\sɑ̃.ti.nɛl\/ noun

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The verdict

“sentinelle” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,986. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,986
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Soldat qui fait le guet pour la garde d’un camp, d’une place, d’un palais, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sentinelle · sentinelle · French

sentinelle · rank #19,986 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,986
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sem

Nearest frequency peer: sem (-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 « sentinelle »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sentinelle » 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).

sentinelle vs sentinelles
91% similar
sentinelle vs sentinel
80% similar

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

Key facts for sentinelle
PropertyValue
Headwordsentinelle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɑ̃.ti.nɛl\
Letters10
Frequency rank#19,986
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sentinelle »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).sentinellese 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 « sem » (#19,985), « Shannon » (#19,987), « sagement » (#19,984). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sentinelle » est au #19,986. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around sentinelle (IPA \sɑ̃.ti.nɛl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,986 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for sentinelle, with forms such as "esntinelle", "senitnelle", and "senntinelle". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "sentinelles", "sentinel", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is sentinelle, spelled S-E-N-T-I-N-E-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Soldat qui fait le guet pour la garde d’un camp, d’une place, d’un palais, etc.
  2. 2
    Fonction de la sentinelle.
  3. 3
    Personne ou chose qui tient lieu, est à l’image de la fonction d’une sentinelle militaire.
  4. 4
    Genre d’oiseau de la famille des motacillidés, du genre Macronyx.
  5. 5
    Petit trou percé dans la bonde d'un tonneau pour permettre l'aération.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. De Mouy descendit de cheval, jeta la bride aux mains de son laquais, s’achemina vers le guichet, se fit reconnaître de la sentinelle, introduisit La Mole dans le château, […].
  2. […] ils se retirèrent à l’abri d’un bouquet d’arbres, afin de ne pas être aperçus, si par hasard quelque sentinelle indienne était chargée de surveiller leur approche.

This word in other languages

sentry(English)centinela(Español)Wache(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esntinelle
  • senitnelle
  • senntinelle
  • sentienlle
  • sentinele
  • sentinelel
  • sentinlele
  • sentinnelle
  • sentnielle
  • senttinelle
  • setninelle
  • snetinelle
  • ssentinelle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

esntinelle2senitnelle2senntinelle1sentienlle2sentinele1sentinelel2sentinlele2sentinnelle1
Edit distance from "sentinelle"

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 "sentinelle"?
"sentinelle" is spelled S-E-N-T-I-N-E-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɑ̃.ti.nɛl\.
What does "sentinelle" mean?
As a noun, "sentinelle" means: Soldat qui fait le guet pour la garde d’un camp, d’une place, d’un palais, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "sentinelle"?
"sentinelle" is commonly confused with "sentinelles", "sentinel". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sentinelle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sentinelle" is \sɑ̃.ti.nɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sentinelle" come from?
"sentinelle" 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 "sentinelle", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

simplifiée#19,988récurrente#19,977supprimées#19,999rencontrez#19,967

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

réédition13 variantsspontané13 variantstreizième13 variantsreconduit13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list