sortilège
French, noun/sɔʁ.ti.lɛʒ/
sortilège is spelled S-O-R-T-I-L-È-G-E (9 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 29,681st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sortilège is a French masculine noun meaning “magic spell, sorcery, witchcraft” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de jeter un sort ; maléfice, artifice de sorcier”.
What does sortilège mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemagic spell, sorcery, witchcraft
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de jeter un sort ; maléfice, artifice de sorcier. 2. Envoûtement de l'âme ou de l'esprit.
noun: 1. Variante de sortilège.
noun: 1. Variante de sortilège.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sortilège
- sortilèges plural
- sortilege
- sortilége
- sortileges plural
- sortilège
- sortiléges plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sortilège?
- /sɔʁ.ti.lɛʒ/
- \sɔʁ.ti.lɛʒ\
- [sɔʁ.ti.lɛʒ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sortilège
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sortilège in French?
sortilège appears 1.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).