sweetheart

\ˈswiːtˌhɑːt\

/\ˈswiːtˌhɑːt\/ noun

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The verdict

“sweetheart” is uncommon French (frequency #91,211 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,211
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-sweetheart · sweetheart · French

sweetheart · rank #91,211 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,211
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH swarm

Nearest frequency peer: swarm (-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 « sweetheart »

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 « sweetheart » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sweetheart
PropertyValue
Headwordsweetheart
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈswiːtˌhɑːt\
Letters10
Frequency rank#91,211
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « sweetheart » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.sweethearttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « swarm » (#91,210), « surgelée » (#91,206), « supplia » (#91,205). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sweetheart » est au #91,211. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sweetheart is uncommon French at frequency #91,211 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈswiːtˌhɑːt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mon cœur.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sweetheart, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is sweetheart, spelled S-W-E-E-T-H-E-A-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mon cœur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Would you switch off the light, sweetheart?

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 "sweetheart"?
"sweetheart" is spelled S-W-E-E-T-H-E-A-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈswiːtˌhɑːt\.
What does "sweetheart" mean?
As a noun, "sweetheart" means: Mon cœur.
How do you pronounce "sweetheart"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sweetheart" is \ˈswiːtˌhɑːt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sweetheart" come from?
"sweetheart" 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 "sweetheart", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

subiraient#91,197ternissent#91,227touchèrent#91,238tournelles#91,240

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list