songer

\sɔ̃.ʒe\

/\sɔ̃.ʒe\/ verb

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The verdict

“songer” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,744. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,744
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Voir en songe, rêver.

Corpus desk

Index FR-songer · songer · French

songer · rank #16,744 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,744
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH soignée

Nearest frequency peer: soignée (-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 « songer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « songer » 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).

songer vs Sonne
50% similar
songer vs Songs
50% similar
songer vs sonner
83% similar

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

Key facts for songer
PropertyValue
Headwordsonger
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sɔ̃.ʒe\
Letters6
Frequency rank#16,744
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « songer »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).songerse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « soignée » (#16,743), « stadium » (#16,745), « slogans » (#16,742). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « songer » est au #16,744. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around songer (IPA \sɔ̃.ʒe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #16,744 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for songer, with forms such as "osnger", "snoger", and "sogner". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Sonne", "Songs", "sonner", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is songer, spelled S-O-N-G-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Voir en songe, rêver.
  2. 2
    Être occupé, être préoccupé par
  3. 3
    Faire un songe, rêver.
  4. 4
    Se livrer à la rêverie.
  5. 5
    Penser ; faire attention ; prendre garde.
  6. 6
    Avoir quelque vue, quelque dessein ou quelque intention.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Qu’avez-vous songé cette nuit ? — J’ai songé telle et telle chose.
  2. Ne songer que chasse, que combats, que bals, que fêtes, etc.

This word in other languages

dream(English)soñar(Español)träumen(Deutsch)sonhar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osnger
  • snoger
  • sogner
  • sonegr
  • songerr
  • songger
  • songre
  • sonnger
  • ssonger

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of songer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

osnger2snoger2sogner2sonegr2songerr1songger1songre2sonnger1
Edit distance from "songer"

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 "songer"?
"songer" is spelled S-O-N-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \sɔ̃.ʒe\.
What does "songer" mean?
As a verb, "songer" means: Voir en songe, rêver.
What words are commonly confused with "songer"?
"songer" is commonly confused with "Sonne", "Songs", "sonner". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "songer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "songer" is \sɔ̃.ʒe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "songer" come from?
"songer" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

string#16,746signez#16,739selfie#16,736Sartre#16,732

Similar misspelling depth

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

Roumaine9 variantsreculé9 variantsrareté9 variantspignon9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list