svenska

[ˈsvɛnsˌka]

/[ˈsvɛnsˌka]/ noun

The verdict

“svenska” is uncommon French (frequency #83,409 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,409
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-svenska · svenska · French

svenska · rank #83,409 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,409
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH surfeuse

Nearest frequency peer: surfeuse (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « svenska »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « svenska » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for svenska
PropertyValue
Headwordsvenska
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈsvɛnsˌka]
Letters7
Frequency rank#83,409
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « svenska » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).svenskatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « surfeuse » (#83,408), « swallow » (#83,410), « surfaite » (#83,407). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « svenska » est au #83,409. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

svenska is uncommon French at frequency #83,409 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈsvɛnsˌka]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Suédois.".

Zero misspellings are on record for svenska in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is svenska, spelled S-V-E-N-S-K-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Suédois.

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 "svenska"?
"svenska" is spelled S-V-E-N-S-K-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsvɛnsˌka].
What does "svenska" mean?
As a noun, "svenska" means: Suédois.
How do you pronounce "svenska"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "svenska" is [ˈsvɛnsˌka]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "svenska" come from?
"svenska" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list