séparé

\se.pa.ʁe\

/\se.pa.ʁe\/ adj

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The verdict

“séparé” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,005. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,005
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est différent, distinct.

Corpus desk

Index FR-separe · séparé · French

séparé · rank #7,005 · 9 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,005
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH substances

Nearest frequency peer: substances (-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 « séparé »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « séparé » 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).

séparé vs serré
50% similar
séparé vs space
50% similar
séparé vs share
50% similar

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

Key facts for séparé
PropertyValue
Headwordséparé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\se.pa.ʁe\
Letters6
Frequency rank#7,005
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « séparé »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.séparése 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 « substances » (#7,004), « sérieuses » (#7,006), « stratégies » (#7,003). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « séparé » est au #7,005. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around séparé (IPA \se.pa.ʁe\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,005 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for séparé, with forms such as "separe", "spéaré", and "sséparé". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "serré", "space", "share", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is séparé, spelled S-É-P-A-R-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est différent, distinct.
  2. 2
    Se dit d’un espace topologique tel que, pour tous points distincts x et y, il existe deux ouverts disjoints contenant respectivement x et y.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ils n’habitent point ensemble, ils ont des logements séparés.
  2. Ces deux personnes ont leurs intérêts séparés.

Synonyms

Hausdorff

This word in other languages

separate(English)desvinculado(Español)separat(Deutsch)separado(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • separe
  • spéaré
  • sséparé
  • séapré
  • séparré
  • sépaér
  • sépparé
  • sépraé
  • ésparé

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of séparé - 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.

separe2spéaré2sséparé1séapré2séparré1sépaér2sépparé1sépraé2
Edit distance from "séparé"

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 "séparé"?
"séparé" is spelled S-É-P-A-R-É. The IPA pronunciation is \se.pa.ʁe\.
What does "séparé" mean?
As an adjective, "séparé" means: Qui est différent, distinct.
What words are commonly confused with "séparé"?
"séparé" is commonly confused with "serré", "space", "share". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "séparé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "séparé" is \se.pa.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "séparé" come from?
"séparé" 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 "séparé", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Écosse#7,018Amiens#7,025Nelson#6,981motion#6,980

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

vaisselle9 variantsAntonio9 variantscarnet9 variantsinstar9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list