sévissait

\se.vi.sɛ\

/\se.vi.sɛ\/ verb

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The verdict

“sévissait” is uncommon French (frequency #52,385 among 394,209 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,385
frequency rank, French
394,209
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait de sévir.

Key facts for sévissait
PropertyValue
Headwordsévissait
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\se.vi.sɛ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#52,385
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sévissait” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). sévissait lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sévissait is uncommon French at frequency #52,385 among 394,209 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \se.vi.sɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait de sévir.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sévissait, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 sévissait, spelled S-É-V-I-S-S-A-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait de sévir.

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 "sévissait"?
"sévissait" is spelled S-É-V-I-S-S-A-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \se.vi.sɛ\.
What does "sévissait" mean?
As a verb, "sévissait" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait de sévir.
How do you pronounce "sévissait"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sévissait" is \se.vi.sɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sévissait" come from?
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Using “sévissait”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is S-É-V-I-S-S-A-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \se.vi.sɛ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list