abaisser

/\a.be.se\/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,589

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

abaisser is aFrenchverb. It means: Mettre en position plus basse, faire descendre, diminuer la hauteur. Pronounced \a.be.se\. Often confused with apaiser and amasser.

Key facts for abaisser
PropertyValue
Headwordabaisser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.be.se\
Letters8
Frequency rank#14,589
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of abaisser in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for abaisser is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.be.se\. Corpus data places it at rank #14,589 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 13 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for abaisser, with forms such as "aabisser", "abaiser", and "abaisesr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "apaiser", "amasser", "abc", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is abaisser, spelled A-B-A-I-S-S-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mettre en position plus basse, faire descendre, diminuer la hauteur.
  2. 2
    Déprimer ou humilier, en parlant d'une personne.
  3. 3
    Étendre de la pâte au moyen d’un rouleau à pâtisserie, et la rendre plus mince.
  4. 4
    Diminuer la quantité de, rendre moins élevé.
  5. 5
    Diminuer le degré d’une équation.
  6. 6
    Diminuer le degré d’une équation.
  7. 7
    Pour une branche d’arbre, la raccourcir.
  8. 8
    Pour un oiseau, diminuer sa nourriture habituelle pour le rendre plus léger au vol.
  9. 9
    Pour la cataracte : faire descendre, à l’aide d’une aiguille introduite dans la chambre postérieure de l’œil, le cristallin au-dessous du niveau de la pupille.
  10. 10
    Descendre à une position plus basse.
  11. 11
    Perdre sa dignité, sa fierté.
  12. 12
    Se baisser.
  13. 13
    Condescendre, consentir, se soumettre.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aabisser,abaiser,abaisesr,abaisserr,abaissre,abasiser,abbaisser,abiasser,baaisser

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for abaisser

Misspelling Variants of "abaisser"

aabisser8abaiser7abaisesr8abaisserr9abaissre8abasiser8abbaisser9abiasser8
Misspelling Variants of "abaisser"

Frequency rank: #14,589 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abaisser"?
"abaisser" is spelled A-B-A-I-S-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.be.se\.
What does "abaisser" mean?
As a verb, "abaisser" means: Mettre en position plus basse, faire descendre, diminuer la hauteur.
What words are commonly confused with "abaisser"?
"abaisser" is commonly confused with "apaiser", "amasser", "abc". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "abaisser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abaisser" is \a.be.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abaisser" come from?
"abaisser" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.