Séverine

\se.vʁin\

/\se.vʁin\/ name

The verdict

“Séverine” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,208. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,208
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom féminin français.

Corpus desk

Index FR-severine · Séverine · French

Séverine · rank #32,208 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,208
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH séduits

Nearest frequency peer: séduits (-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 « Séverine »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Séverine » 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).

Séverine vs sévérité
50% similar
Séverine vs sereine
50% similar
Séverine vs Saverne
75% similar

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

Key facts for Séverine
PropertyValue
HeadwordSéverine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\se.vʁin\
Letters8
Frequency rank#32,208
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Séverine »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Séverinese 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 « séduits » (#32,207), « taillées » (#32,209), « synagogues » (#32,206). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « Séverine » est au #32,208. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around Séverine (IPA \se.vʁin\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #32,208 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom féminin français.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Séverine, with forms such as "severine", "sséverine", and "svéerine". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "sévérité", "sereine", "Saverne", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Séverine, spelled S-É-V-E-R-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom féminin français.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il l’entraîna, il fallut que Jacques s’approchât, saluât Séverine, gênée, souriante de son air d’enfant peureux.
  2. Séverine Le Prigent-Coatmellec, infirmière et pratiquante de yoga depuis vingt-cinq ans, reprend la suite des cours de hatha yoga de sa professeur, Marie-Catherine Beuzit, à la salle communale de Penzé, à partir du 12 septembre 2022.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • severine
  • sséverine
  • svéerine
  • séevrine
  • séveirne
  • séverien
  • séverinne
  • sévernie
  • séverrine
  • sévreine
  • sévverine
  • ésverine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

severine1sséverine1svéerine2séevrine2séveirne2séverien2séverinne1sévernie2
Edit distance from "Séverine"

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 "Séverine"?
"Séverine" is spelled S-É-V-E-R-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \se.vʁin\.
What does "Séverine" mean?
As a proper noun, "Séverine" means: Prénom féminin français.
What words are commonly confused with "Séverine"?
"Séverine" is commonly confused with "sévérité", "sereine", "Saverne". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Séverine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Séverine" is \se.vʁin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Séverine" come from?
"Séverine" 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 "Séverine", 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