sevré

\sə.vʁe\

/\sə.vʁe\/ adj

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The verdict

“sevré” is uncommon French (frequency #64,092 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,092
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a terminé sa période de sevrage, qui ne boit plus le lait maternel.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sevre · sevré · French

sevré · rank #64,092 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,092
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sete

Nearest frequency peer: sete (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « sevré »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « sevré » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sevré
PropertyValue
Headwordsevré
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sə.vʁe\
Letters5
Frequency rank#64,092
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « sevré » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).sevrétombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « sete » (#64,091), « sexualités » (#64,093), « senne » (#64,090). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sevré » est au #64,092. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sevré is uncommon French at frequency #64,092 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \sə.vʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sevré, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is sevré, spelled S-E-V-R-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a terminé sa période de sevrage, qui ne boit plus le lait maternel.
  2. 2
    Qui a terminé une période de sevrage à une substance addictive.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On estime en outre que l’Ontario expédie environ 8000 porcs sevrés par semaine au Québec, pour la finition de ces animaux », détaille sa relationniste, Christa Roettele.
  2. — Elle m’a quitté parce qu’elle a compris que je ne pouvais pas sortir de la drogue. — Mais vous en sortez, en ce moment. — Vous savez bien que non. — Je constate que vous êtes tout à fait sevré. — Cela ne durera pas. Dès ce soir…

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 "sevré"?
"sevré" is spelled S-E-V-R-É. The IPA pronunciation is \sə.vʁe\.
What does "sevré" mean?
As an adjective, "sevré" means: Qui a terminé sa période de sevrage, qui ne boit plus le lait maternel.
How do you pronounce "sevré"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sevré" is \sə.vʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sevré" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

senne#64,090sight#64,095Savin#64,084steed#64,108

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list