sevrage

\sə.vʁaʒ\

/\sə.vʁaʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“sevrage” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,030. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,030
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de sevrer un enfant ou un jeune animal.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sevrage · sevrage · French

sevrage · rank #24,030 · 9 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,030
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH semence

Nearest frequency peer: semence (-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 « sevrage »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sevrage » 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).

sevrage vs Sevran
57% similar
sevrage vs serge
71% similar
sevrage vs savage
71% similar

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

Key facts for sevrage
PropertyValue
Headwordsevrage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sə.vʁaʒ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#24,030
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sevrage »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.sevragese 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 « semence » (#24,029), « signalant » (#24,031), « semblez » (#24,028). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sevrage » est au #24,030. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around sevrage (IPA \sə.vʁaʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,030 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for sevrage, with forms such as "esvrage", "sevarge", and "sevraeg". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Sevran", "serge", "savage", and more, 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is sevrage, spelled S-E-V-R-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de sevrer un enfant ou un jeune animal.
  2. 2
    Temps nécessaire pour accoutumer un enfant à se passer de téter et à prendre une autre nourriture.
  3. 3
    Action d'arrêter une substance ou un comportement ayant entraîné une dépendance.
  4. 4
    Ensemble des symptômes liés au fait d'arrêter une substance ou un comportement ayant entraîné une dépendance.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il faut remettre à la belle saison le sevrage de cet enfant.
  2. La maison paternelle n’était pas une prison et s’il avait fallu la quitter sur l’heure, la panique m’aurait saisie ; mais j’avais cessé d’envisager mon éventuel départ comme un atroce sevrage.

Synonyms

ablactationaglactationdésintoxication

Antonyms

accoutumance

This word in other languages

ablactation(English)Abstillen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esvrage
  • sevarge
  • sevraeg
  • sevragge
  • sevrgae
  • sevrrage
  • sevvrage
  • ssevrage
  • sverage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sevrage - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

esvrage2sevarge2sevraeg2sevragge1sevrgae2sevrrage1sevvrage1ssevrage1
Edit distance from "sevrage"

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 "sevrage"?
"sevrage" is spelled S-E-V-R-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sə.vʁaʒ\.
What does "sevrage" mean?
As a noun, "sevrage" means: Action de sevrer un enfant ou un jeune animal.
What words are commonly confused with "sevrage"?
"sevrage" is commonly confused with "Sevran", "serge", "savage". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sevrage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sevrage" is \sə.vʁaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sevrage" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

semence#24,029semblez#24,028sautant#24,025régaler#24,017

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

smiley9 variantstestée9 variantsTiffany9 variantstrappes9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list