synagogue
\si.na.ɡɔɡ\
The verdict
“synagogue” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #17,018 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #17,018
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Assemblée religieuse des juifs.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | synagogue |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \si.na.ɡɔɡ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #17,018 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “synagogue” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for synagogue is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \si.na.ɡɔɡ\. Corpus data places it at rank #17,018 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for synagogue, with forms such as "snyagogue", "ssynagogue", and "syangogue". 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, "synagogues", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is synagogue, spelled S-Y-N-A-G-O-G-U-E.
Definition
- 1Assemblée religieuse des juifs.
- 2Édifice où les juifs s’assemblent pour l’exercice public de leur religion.
- 3Judaïsme, communion des juifs, par opposition au christianisme. → voir Synagogue
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: snyagogue,ssynagogue,syangogue,synaggogue,synaggoue,synagogeu,synagoggue,synagouge,synaoggue,syngaogue,synnagogue,syynagogue,ysnagogue
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of synagogue - 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.
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.
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Using “synagogue”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-Y-N-A-G-O-G-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \si.na.ɡɔɡ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “synagogues” - see the side-by-side comparison. synagogue vs synagogues
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.