septante

\sɛp.tɑ̃t\

/\sɛp.tɑ̃t\/ adj

The verdict

“septante” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,008. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,008
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Soixante-neuf plus un, soit sept fois dix, adjectif numéral cardinal correspondant au nombre 70.

Corpus desk

Index FR-septante · septante · French

septante · rank #40,008 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,008
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH semblera

Nearest frequency peer: semblera (-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 « septante »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « septante » 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).

septante vs servante
75% similar
septante vs sortante
75% similar
septante vs sentant
75% similar

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

Key facts for septante
PropertyValue
Headwordseptante
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sɛp.tɑ̃t\
Letters8
Frequency rank#40,008
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « septante »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.septantese 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 « semblera » (#40,007), « sereins » (#40,009), « seconder » (#40,006). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « septante » est au #40,008. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around septante (IPA \sɛp.tɑ̃t\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #40,008 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Soixante-neuf plus un, soit sept fois dix, adjectif numéral cardinal correspondant au nombre 70.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for septante, with forms such as "esptante", "sepatnte", and "sepptante". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "servante", "sortante", "sentant", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is septante, spelled S-E-P-T-A-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Soixante-neuf plus un, soit sept fois dix, adjectif numéral cardinal correspondant au nombre 70.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mars nous menace par la force bellique, Septante fois fera le sang épandre : […]
  2. Les septante semaines de Daniel sont équivoques pour le terme du commencement, à cause des termes de la prophétie ; et pour le terme de la fin, à cause des diversités des chronologistes.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esptante
  • sepatnte
  • sepptante
  • septanet
  • septannte
  • septantte
  • septatne
  • septnate
  • septtante
  • setpante
  • spetante
  • sseptante

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

esptante2sepatnte2sepptante1septanet2septannte1septantte1septatne2septnate2
Edit distance from "septante"

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 "septante"?
"septante" is spelled S-E-P-T-A-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛp.tɑ̃t\.
What does "septante" mean?
As an adjective, "septante" means: Soixante-neuf plus un, soit sept fois dix, adjectif numéral cardinal correspondant au nombre 70.
What words are commonly confused with "septante"?
"septante" is commonly confused with "servante", "sortante", "sentant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "septante"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "septante" is \sɛp.tɑ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "septante" come from?
"septante" 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 "septante", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list