sorcellerie

\sɔʁ.sɛl(ə).ʁi\

/\sɔʁ.sɛl(ə).ʁi\/ noun

The verdict

“sorcellerie” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,364. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,364
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Art des sorciers.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sorcellerie · sorcellerie · French

sorcellerie · rank #14,364 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,364
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Shawn

Nearest frequency peer: Shawn (-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 « sorcellerie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sorcellerie » 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
Key facts for sorcellerie
PropertyValue
Headwordsorcellerie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɔʁ.sɛl(ə).ʁi\
Letters11
Frequency rank#14,364
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sorcellerie »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.sorcelleriese 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 « Shawn » (#14,363), « Spotify » (#14,365), « semences » (#14,362). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sorcellerie » est au #14,364. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around sorcellerie (IPA \sɔʁ.sɛl(ə).ʁi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,364 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for sorcellerie, with forms such as "osrcellerie", "socrellerie", and "sorccellerie". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is sorcellerie, spelled S-O-R-C-E-L-L-E-R-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Art des sorciers.
  2. 2
    Pratiques des sorciers.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On vous dira que le diable seul a pu produire de telles pierres, et l’on vous intentera un procès en sorcellerie.
  2. Comme Katrina Van Tassel, dans Sleepy Hollow, Mercredi possède un don de sorcellerie qu’elle a hérité de sa mère.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osrcellerie
  • socrellerie
  • sorccellerie
  • sorcelelrie
  • sorcelerie
  • sorcelleire
  • sorcellerei
  • sorcellerrie
  • sorcellreie
  • sorclelerie
  • sorecllerie
  • sorrcellerie
  • srocellerie
  • ssorcellerie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

osrcellerie2socrellerie2sorccellerie1sorcelelrie2sorcelerie1sorcelleire2sorcellerei2sorcellerrie1
Edit distance from "sorcellerie"

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 "sorcellerie"?
"sorcellerie" is spelled S-O-R-C-E-L-L-E-R-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɔʁ.sɛl(ə).ʁi\.
What does "sorcellerie" mean?
As a noun, "sorcellerie" means: Art des sorciers.
What are common misspellings of "sorcellerie"?
Common misspellings include "osrcellerie", "socrellerie", "sorccellerie", "sorcelelrie", "sorcelerie". The correct spelling is "sorcellerie".
How do you pronounce "sorcellerie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sorcellerie" is \sɔʁ.sɛl(ə).ʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sorcellerie" come from?
"sorcellerie" 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 "sorcellerie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list