sonore
\sɔ.nɔʁ\
The verdict
“sonore” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #6,892 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #6,892
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui rend un son.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sonore |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \sɔ.nɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #6,892 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sonore” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for sonore is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sɔ.nɔʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #6,892 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for sonore, with forms such as "osnore", "snoore", and "sonnore". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "store", "soufre", "synode", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is sonore, spelled S-O-N-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1Qui rend un son.
- 2Qui donne beaucoup de son, qui a un beau son.
- 3Qui renvoie bien le son, où le son résonne bien.
- 4Qui est mal isolé.
- 5Qui est relatif au son.
- 6Se dit d’une consonne dont la prononciation s’accompagne d'une vibration des cordes vocales.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: osnore,snoore,sonnore,sonoer,sonorre,sonroe,soonre,ssonore
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sonore - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “sonore”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-O-N-O-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sɔ.nɔʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “store” - see the side-by-side comparison. sonore vs store
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.