Sévigné

\se.vi.ɲe\

/\se.vi.ɲe\/ name

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The verdict

“Sévigné” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,749. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,749
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ancien fief actuellement situé sur la commune de Cesson-Sévigné.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sevigne · Sévigné · French

Sévigné · rank #35,749 · 11 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,749
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sénèque

Nearest frequency peer: Sénèque (-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 « Sévigné »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Sévigné » 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).

Sévigné vs signe
43% similar
Sévigné vs soigné
57% similar
Sévigné vs Séville
57% similar

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

Key facts for Sévigné
PropertyValue
HeadwordSévigné
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\se.vi.ɲe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#35,749
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Sévigné »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Sévignése 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 « Sénèque » (#35,748), « Tanya » (#35,750), « systémiques » (#35,747). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « Sévigné » est au #35,749. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Sévigné (IPA \se.vi.ɲe\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #35,749 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ancien fief actuellement situé sur la commune de Cesson-Sévigné.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sévigné, with forms such as "sevigne", "ssévigné", and "svéigné". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "signe", "soigné", "Séville", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Sévigné, spelled S-É-V-I-G-N-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ancien fief actuellement situé sur la commune de Cesson-Sévigné.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sevigne
  • ssévigné
  • svéigné
  • séivgné
  • sévginé
  • séviggné
  • sévignné
  • sévigén
  • sévingé
  • sévvigné
  • ésvigné

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

sevigne2ssévigné1svéigné2séivgné2sévginé2séviggné1sévignné1sévigén2
Edit distance from "Sévigné"

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 "Sévigné"?
"Sévigné" is spelled S-É-V-I-G-N-É. The IPA pronunciation is \se.vi.ɲe\.
What does "Sévigné" mean?
As a proper noun, "Sévigné" means: Ancien fief actuellement situé sur la commune de Cesson-Sévigné.
What words are commonly confused with "Sévigné"?
"Sévigné" is commonly confused with "signe", "soigné", "Séville". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Sévigné"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sévigné" is \se.vi.ɲe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sévigné" come from?
"Sévigné" 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 "Sévigné", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Sénèque#35,748tenante#35,753Sumatra#35,744stockée#35,743

Similar misspelling depth

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

suzerain11 variantsspasmes11 variantsvitrées11 variantsévitons11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list