séparer

\se.pa.ʁe\

/\se.pa.ʁe\/ verb

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The verdict

“séparer” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,811. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,811
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Désunir des parties d’un même tout qui étaient jointes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-separer · séparer · French

séparer · rank #4,811 · 11 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,811
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sébastien

Nearest frequency peer: Sébastien (-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 « séparer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « séparer » 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).

séparer vs serrer
57% similar
séparer vs séparés
71% similar
séparer vs séparera
88% similar

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

Key facts for séparer
PropertyValue
Headwordséparer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\se.pa.ʁe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,811
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « séparer »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).séparerse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Sébastien » (#4,810), « tarif » (#4,812), « surveiller » (#4,809). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « séparer » est au #4,811. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around séparer (IPA \se.pa.ʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,811 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 17 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for séparer, with forms such as "separer", "spéarer", and "sséparer". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "serrer", "séparés", "séparera", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is séparer, spelled S-É-P-A-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Désunir des parties d’un même tout qui étaient jointes.
  2. 2
    Faire que des personnes, des animaux, des choses ne soient plus ensemble.
  3. 3
    Éloigner, faire cesser le combat.
  4. 4
    Dissoudre une union, une communauté.
  5. 5
    Trier ce qui était mêlé ou confondu.
  6. 6
    Partager ; diviser.
  7. 7
    Empêcher la réunion, l’unicité.
  8. 8
    Marquer la frontière.
  9. 9
    Marquer la distance dans l’espace et dans le temps.
  10. 10
    Faire cesser les communications, en parlant d’une armée.
  11. 11
    Considérer, mettre à part.
  12. 12
    Rendre distinct.
  13. 13
    Se quitter.
  14. 14
    Cesser de rester assemblée, ou de tenir ses séances, par quelque cause que ce soit.
  15. 15
    Devenir plusieurs parties.
  16. 16
    Dissoudre l’union charnelle ou économique formée avec une autre personne.
  17. 17
    En termes de Chasse,

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L'étain, le plomb, le bismuth, l’antimoine, qui sont séparés pendant la dissolution ou la sursaturation par l'hydroxyde d’ammonium, sont sans influence sur le résultat.
  2. Avant d'être envoyé au moulin, le blé est préalablement soumis chez les cultivateurs à un vannage qui en sépare une partie des corps les plus légers.

Synonyms

diviserpartitionnerdésassembler

Antonyms

réunirjoindre

This word in other languages

divide(English)separar(Español)absondern(Deutsch)apartar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • separer
  • spéarer
  • sséparer
  • séaprer
  • sépaerr
  • séparerr
  • séparre
  • séparrer
  • sépparer
  • sépraer
  • ésparer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

separer1spéarer2sséparer1séaprer2sépaerr2séparerr1séparre2séparrer1
Edit distance from "séparer"

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 "séparer"?
"séparer" is spelled S-É-P-A-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \se.pa.ʁe\.
What does "séparer" mean?
As a verb, "séparer" means: Désunir des parties d’un même tout qui étaient jointes.
What words are commonly confused with "séparer"?
"séparer" is commonly confused with "serrer", "séparés", "séparera". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "séparer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "séparer" 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 "séparer" come from?
"séparer" 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 "séparer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Ukraine#4,814urbaine#4,816évaluer#4,820anonyme#4,826

Similar misspelling depth

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

prévenu11 variantscarrefour11 variantscitation11 variantsconfort11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list