aubergine

/ˈəʊ.bə.ʒiːn/

//ˈəʊ.bə.ʒiːn// noun

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"aubergine" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“aubergine” is uncommon English (frequency #58,522 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,522
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit; eggplant.

Corpus desk

Index EN-aubergine · aubergine · English

aubergine · rank #58,522 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,522
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH availing

Nearest frequency peer: availing (+1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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.

Long-tail ranks near “aubergine”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “aubergine” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for aubergine
PropertyValue
Headwordaubergine
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈəʊ.bə.ʒiːn/
Letters9
Frequency rank#58,522
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “aubergine” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).auberginefalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “availing” (#58,523), “Athol” (#58,520), “awestruck” (#58,524). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “aubergine” is #58,522. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

aubergine is uncommon English at frequency #58,522 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈəʊ.bə.ʒiːn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for aubergine in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: Unadapted borrowing from French aubergine, from Catalan albergínia, from Arabic اَلْبَاذِنْجَان (al-bāḏinjān, “the aubergine”), from Classical Persian بَادِنْجَان (bādinjān), from بَاتِنْگَان (bātingān), from Sanskrit वातिङ्गण (vātiṅgaṇa, “the plant that cu… The correct English form is aubergine, spelled A-U-B-E-R-G-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    An Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit; eggplant.
  2. 2
    The fruit of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.
  3. 3
    A dark purple colour; eggplant.

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French aubergine, from Catalan albergínia, from Arabic اَلْبَاذِنْجَان (al-bāḏinjān, “the aubergine”), from Classical Persian بَادِنْجَان (bādinjān), from بَاتِنْگَان (bātingān), from Sanskrit वातिङ्गण (vātiṅgaṇa, “the plant that cures the wind”), from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *waẓVtV. Cognate with Malayalam വഴുതനങ്ങ (vaḻutanaṅṅa), Hindi बैंगन (baiṅgan). Doublet of brinjal.

Synonyms

the list at eggplant

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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aubergine"?
"aubergine" is spelled A-U-B-E-R-G-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈəʊ.bə.ʒiːn/.
What does "aubergine" mean?
As a noun, "aubergine" means: An Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit; eggplant.
How do you pronounce "aubergine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aubergine" is /ˈəʊ.bə.ʒiːn/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "aubergine"?
Unadapted borrowing from French aubergine, from Catalan albergínia, from Arabic اَلْبَاذِنْجَان (al-bāḏinjān, “the aubergine”), from Classical Persian بَادِنْجَان (bādinjān), from بَاتِنْگَان (bātingān), from Sanskrit वातिङ्गण (vātiṅgaṇa, “the pla... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

awestruck#58,524artemisia#58,515Ballinger#58,533anhydrous#58,504

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list