sergent

\sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃\

/\sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“sergent” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,243. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,243
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Officier de justice qui remplissait les fonctions d’un huissier d’aujourd’hui et qui était chargé d’arrêter ceux contre lesquels il y avait contrainte par corps.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sergent · sergent · French

sergent · rank #7,243 · 11 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,243
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH semestre

Nearest frequency peer: semestre (-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 « sergent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sergent » 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).

sergent vs seront
71% similar
sergent vs servent
86% similar
sergent vs sortent
71% similar

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

Key facts for sergent
PropertyValue
Headwordsergent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#7,243
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sergent »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).sergentse 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 « semestre » (#7,242), « situées » (#7,244), « savaient » (#7,241). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sergent » est au #7,243. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around sergent (IPA \sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,243 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for sergent, with forms such as "esrgent", "segrent", and "seregnt". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "seront", "servent", "sortent", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists 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 sergent, spelled S-E-R-G-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Officier de justice qui remplissait les fonctions d’un huissier d’aujourd’hui et qui était chargé d’arrêter ceux contre lesquels il y avait contrainte par corps.
  2. 2
    Policier des villes médiévales.
  3. 3
    Grade sous-officier dans certaines administrations publiques (armées, douanes, pompiers…)
  4. 4
    Grade donné à un sous-officier dans l’armée de terre et l’armée de l’air françaises, situé entre son supérieur hiérarchique, le sergent-chef, et son subordonné, le caporal-chef. Le code OTAN : OR-5.
  5. 5
    Grade des Forces armées canadiennes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sergent à verge.
  2. S’il ne me paie, je lui enverrai un sergent, le sergent.

Synonyms

sergotserpat

This word in other languages

sergeant(English)sargento(Español)Sergeant(Deutsch)sargento(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esrgent
  • segrent
  • seregnt
  • sergennt
  • sergentt
  • sergetn
  • serggent
  • sergnet
  • serrgent
  • sregent
  • ssergent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

esrgent2segrent2seregnt2sergennt1sergentt1sergetn2serggent1sergnet2
Edit distance from "sergent"

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 "sergent"?
"sergent" is spelled S-E-R-G-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃\.
What does "sergent" mean?
As a noun, "sergent" means: Officier de justice qui remplissait les fonctions d’un huissier d’aujourd’hui et qui était chargé d’arrêter ceux contre lesquels il y avait contrainte par corps.
What words are commonly confused with "sergent"?
"sergent" is commonly confused with "seront", "servent", "sortent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sergent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sergent" is \sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sergent" come from?
"sergent" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sergent", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

situées#7,244sauveur#7,240routine#7,237roulant#7,236

Similar misspelling depth

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

savaient11 variantsrotation11 variantstchèque11 variantspoétique11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list