sonore

/\sɔ.nɔʁ\/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,892

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

sonore is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui rend un son. Pronounced \sɔ.nɔʁ\. It ranks #6,892 in French word frequency. Often confused with store and soufre.

Key facts for sonore
PropertyValue
Headwordsonore
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\sɔ.nɔʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,892
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of sonore in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for sonore is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for sonore, with forms such as "osnore", "snoore", and "sonnore". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, 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, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is sonore, spelled S-O-N-O-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui rend un son.
  2. 2
    Qui donne beaucoup de son, qui a un beau son.
  3. 3
    Qui renvoie bien le son, où le son résonne bien.
  4. 4
    Qui est mal isolé.
  5. 5
    Qui est relatif au son.
  6. 6
    Se 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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sonore

Misspelling Variants of "sonore"

osnore6snoore6sonnore7sonoer6sonorre7sonroe6soonre6ssonore7
Misspelling Variants of "sonore"

Frequency rank: #6,892 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sonore"?
"sonore" is spelled S-O-N-O-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɔ.nɔʁ\.
What does "sonore" mean?
As an adj, "sonore" means: Qui rend un son.
What words are commonly confused with "sonore"?
"sonore" is commonly confused with "store", "soufre", "synode". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sonore"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sonore" is \sɔ.nɔʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sonore" come from?
"sonore" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.