soigner

\swa.ɲe\

/\swa.ɲe\/ verb

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The verdict

“soigner” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,714. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,714
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avoir soin de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-soigner · soigner · French

soigner · rank #4,714 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,714
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH SMS

Nearest frequency peer: SMS (-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 « soigner »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « soigner » 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).

soigner vs sonner
71% similar
soigner vs songer
71% similar
soigner vs soignés
71% similar

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

Key facts for soigner
PropertyValue
Headwordsoigner
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\swa.ɲe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,714
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « soigner »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.soignerse 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 « SMS » (#4,713), « soirées » (#4,715), « sexuel » (#4,712). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « soigner » est au #4,714. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around soigner (IPA \swa.ɲe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,714 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for soigner, with forms such as "osigner", "siogner", and "soginer". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sonner", "songer", "soignés", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is soigner, spelled S-O-I-G-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Avoir soin de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose.
  2. 2
    Apporter de l’intérêt à quelqu’un, dans l’espoir d’une contrepartie.
  3. 3
    Apporter de l’attention, du soin à quelque chose.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Une vieille femme de Bristol, sa seule protectrice, faisait sa chambre et soignait ses habits; c'était une Mᵐᵉ Balance, bonne femme qui ne comprenait rien à la littérature.
  2. Gasbieha et sa mère passaient le printemps au Caire, l’été à Alexandrie, et suivaient fréquemment le Pacha à Hélouan, où il soignait ses rhumatismes.

Synonyms

bichonnercajolercâlinerchérirchouchouterchoyercomblercoucounnercouverdorloterentourergâtermignardermignoterpouponnersoinoccuper

This word in other languages

look after(English)cuidar(Español)versorgen(Deutsch)medicar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osigner
  • siogner
  • soginer
  • soigenr
  • soiggner
  • soignerr
  • soignner
  • soignre
  • soinger
  • ssoigner

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of soigner - 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.

osigner2siogner2soginer2soigenr2soiggner1soignerr1soignner1soignre2
Edit distance from "soigner"

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 "soigner"?
"soigner" is spelled S-O-I-G-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \swa.ɲe\.
What does "soigner" mean?
As a verb, "soigner" means: Avoir soin de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose.
What words are commonly confused with "soigner"?
"soigner" is commonly confused with "sonner", "songer", "soignés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "soigner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "soigner" is \swa.ɲe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "soigner" come from?
"soigner" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

soirées#4,715réduite#4,708vendeur#4,723prévoir#4,703

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

phrases10 variantspassages10 variantsmoyennes10 variantslâcher10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list