sévice
\se.vis\
The verdict
“sévice” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mauvais traitement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sevice · sévice · French
sévice · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sévice |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \se.vis\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « sévice » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sévice is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \se.vis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mauvais traitement.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sévice, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is sévice, spelled S-É-V-I-C-E.
Definition
- 1Mauvais traitement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sévice appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Soustraire l’enfant à la rencontre structurante de l’interdit est un sévice (qui condamne l'enfant à épargner son enfant-despote au maximum).
Un parent commet un sévice moral en se livrant à une charge sur l’être jeune qui ne peut faire face.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.