songeur

\sɔ̃.ʒœʁ\

/\sɔ̃.ʒœʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“songeur” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,744. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,744
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rêveur, qui songe.

Corpus desk

Index FR-songeur · songeur · French

songeur · rank #44,744 · 10 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,744
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH somnambule

Nearest frequency peer: somnambule (-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 « songeur »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « songeur » 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).

songeur vs sonner
71% similar
songeur vs songez
71% similar
songeur vs soeur
71% similar

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

Key facts for songeur
PropertyValue
Headwordsongeur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sɔ̃.ʒœʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#44,744
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « songeur »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.songeurse 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 « somnambule » (#44,743), « souabe » (#44,745), « solubles » (#44,742). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « songeur » est au #44,744. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around songeur (IPA \sɔ̃.ʒœʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #44,744 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for songeur, with forms such as "osngeur", "snogeur", and "sogneur". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "sonner", "songez", "soeur", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is songeur, spelled S-O-N-G-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rêveur, qui songe.
  2. 2
    Penseur, absorbé par une pensée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un esprit songeur.
  2. L’adolescent se tenait debout, son calot à la main. Il avait l’air songeur, préoccupé : une ride lui sillonnait douloureusement le front.

This word in other languages

thoughtful(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osngeur
  • snogeur
  • sogneur
  • sonegur
  • songeru
  • songeurr
  • songgeur
  • songuer
  • sonngeur
  • ssongeur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

osngeur2snogeur2sogneur2sonegur2songeru2songeurr1songgeur1songuer2
Edit distance from "songeur"

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 "songeur"?
"songeur" is spelled S-O-N-G-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \sɔ̃.ʒœʁ\.
What does "songeur" mean?
As an adjective, "songeur" means: Rêveur, qui songe.
What words are commonly confused with "songeur"?
"songeur" is commonly confused with "sonner", "songez", "soeur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "songeur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "songeur" is \sɔ̃.ʒœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "songeur" come from?
"songeur" 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 "songeur", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Sisyphe#44,739sternum#44,750strings#44,753shabbat#44,731

Similar misspelling depth

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

souciait10 variantssenteur10 variantsTalence10 variantstapettes10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list