severus

\se.ve.ʁys\

/\se.ve.ʁys\/ noun

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The verdict

“severus” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,941. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,941
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Poisson de la famille des cichlidés, originaire d’Amérique du Sud. Son nom scientifique est Heros severus.

Corpus desk

Index FR-severus · severus · French

severus · rank #49,941 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #49,941
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH septicémie

Nearest frequency peer: septicémie (-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 « severus »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « severus » 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).

severus vs sévères
57% similar

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

Key facts for severus
PropertyValue
Headwordseverus
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\se.ve.ʁys\
Letters7
Frequency rank#49,941
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « severus »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).severusse 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 « septicémie » (#49,940), « Sepp » (#49,939), « sicav » (#49,943). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « severus » est au #49,941. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around severus (IPA \se.ve.ʁys\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,941 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Poisson de la famille des cichlidés, originaire d’Amérique du Sud. Son nom scientifique est Heros severus.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for severus, with forms such as "esverus", "seevrus", and "severrus". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "sévères", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is severus, spelled S-E-V-E-R-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Poisson de la famille des cichlidés, originaire d’Amérique du Sud. Son nom scientifique est Heros severus.

This word in other languages

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esverus
  • seevrus
  • severrus
  • seversu
  • severuss
  • seveurs
  • sevreus
  • sevverus
  • sseverus
  • sveerus

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

esverus2seevrus2severrus1seversu2severuss1seveurs2sevreus2sevverus1
Edit distance from "severus"

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 "severus"?
"severus" is spelled S-E-V-E-R-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is \se.ve.ʁys\.
What does "severus" mean?
As a noun, "severus" means: Poisson de la famille des cichlidés, originaire d’Amérique du Sud. Son nom scientifique est Heros severus.
What words are commonly confused with "severus"?
"severus" is commonly confused with "sévères". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "severus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "severus" is \se.ve.ʁys\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "severus" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Simenon#49,944souleva#49,947stoïque#49,955suggéra#49,957

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

symbol10 variantsrallient10 variantsusagées10 variantsquitterai10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list