sortilège

\sɔʁ.ti.lɛʒ\

/\sɔʁ.ti.lɛʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“sortilège” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,981. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,981
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de jeter un sort ; maléfice, artifice de sorcier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sortilege · sortilège · French

sortilège · rank #29,981 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #29,981
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sommation

Nearest frequency peer: sommation (-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 « sortilège »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sortilège » 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).

sortilège vs sortilèges
90% similar

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

Key facts for sortilège
PropertyValue
Headwordsortilège
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɔʁ.ti.lɛʒ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#29,981
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sortilège »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).sortilègese 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 « sommation » (#29,980), « soucient » (#29,982), « soluble » (#29,979). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sortilège » est au #29,981. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around sortilège (IPA \sɔʁ.ti.lɛʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,981 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 sortilège, with forms such as "osrtilège", "soritlège", and "sorrtilège". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "sortilèges", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is sortilège, spelled S-O-R-T-I-L-È-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de jeter un sort ; maléfice, artifice de sorcier.
  2. 2
    Envoûtement de l'âme ou de l'esprit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Quant à cette vile sorcière qui a jeté ses sortilèges sur un frère du saint Temple, assurément elle sera mise à mort.
  2. Dés lors, il n’y eut plus moyen de douter des sortilèges malfaisants de la vieille Barbara Rolloffin ; M. Lutkens déposa sa plainte, et la vieille fut arrêtée et mise en prison.

This word in other languages

sorcery(English)sortilegio(Español)Zauber(Deutsch)encanto(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osrtilège
  • soritlège
  • sorrtilège
  • sortilege
  • sortilgèe
  • sortillège
  • sortilèeg
  • sortilègge
  • sortièlge
  • sortliège
  • sorttilège
  • sotrilège
  • srotilège
  • ssortilège

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

osrtilège2soritlège2sorrtilège1sortilege1sortilgèe2sortillège1sortilèeg2sortilègge1
Edit distance from "sortilège"

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 "sortilège"?
"sortilège" is spelled S-O-R-T-I-L-È-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɔʁ.ti.lɛʒ\.
What does "sortilège" mean?
As a noun, "sortilège" means: Action de jeter un sort ; maléfice, artifice de sorcier.
What words are commonly confused with "sortilège"?
"sortilège" is commonly confused with "sortilèges". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sortilège"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sortilège" is \sɔʁ.ti.lɛʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sortilège" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sortilège", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sommation#29,980soufflant#29,984stationné#29,989scorpions#29,972

Similar misspelling depth

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

subordonné14 variantssacrilège14 variantsrépressive14 variantstarifaires14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list