souvent
French, adverb/su.vɑ̃/
souvent is spelled S-O-U-V-E-N-T (7 letters) and appears 309 times per million words in written French, the 264th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Souvent is a French adverb meaning “often” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Un grand nombre de fois ; avec fréquence”.
What does souvent mean in English?
adverb
- 1
often
le plus souvent
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Un grand nombre de fois ; avec fréquence.
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.
How do you pronounce souvent?
- /su.vɑ̃/
- \su.vɑ̃\
- [su.vɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to souvent
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is souvent in French?
souvent appears 309 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).