songea

\sɔ̃.ʒa\

/\sɔ̃.ʒa\/ verb

The verdict

“songea” is uncommon French (frequency #58,947 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,947
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de songer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-songea · songea · French

songea · rank #58,947 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,947
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sonatrach

Nearest frequency peer: Sonatrach (-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 « songea »

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 « songea » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for songea
PropertyValue
Headwordsongea
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sɔ̃.ʒa\
Letters6
Frequency rank#58,947
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « songea » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).songeatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Sonatrach » (#58,946), « souffrants » (#58,948), « souhaiterions » (#58,949). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « songea » est au #58,947. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

songea is uncommon French at frequency #58,947 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \sɔ̃.ʒa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de songer.".

songea doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is songea, spelled S-O-N-G-E-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de songer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Personne, parmi les femmes du douar, ne songea à lui demander si elle était contente de ce mariage.
  2. Il songea aux centaines de dizeaux que les mains maintenant inertes du vieillard avaient liés en gerbes au cours de sa vie, au nombre de fois où elles avaient caressé la chevelure de sa promise ou pris la main de sa petite fille, et à tous ces menus objets de la vie courante qu’elles avaient réalisé, et qui leur survivraient.

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 "songea"?
"songea" is spelled S-O-N-G-E-A. The IPA pronunciation is \sɔ̃.ʒa\.
What does "songea" mean?
As a verb, "songea" means: Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de songer.
How do you pronounce "songea"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "songea" is \sɔ̃.ʒa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "songea" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list