aubergine
/ˈəʊ.bə.ʒiːn/
"aubergine" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“aubergine” is an uncommon English word, ranked #58,522 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #58,522
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit; eggplant.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aubergine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈəʊ.bə.ʒiːn/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #58,522 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “aubergine” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for aubergine is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈəʊ.bə.ʒiːn/. Corpus data places it at rank #58,522 in overall English 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.
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
- 1An Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit; eggplant.
- 2The fruit of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.
- 3A 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
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"?
What does "aubergine" mean?
How do you pronounce "aubergine"?
What is the origin of the word "aubergine"?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Using “aubergine”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-U-B-E-R-G-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈəʊ.bə.ʒiːn/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English 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.