abaisser

\a.be.se\

/\a.be.se\/ verb

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The verdict

“abaisser” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,589. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,589
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mettre en position plus basse, faire descendre, diminuer la hauteur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-abaisser · abaisser · French

abaisser · rank #14,589 · 9 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,589
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH abattus

Nearest frequency peer: abattus (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « abaisser »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « abaisser » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

abaisser vs apaiser
75% similar
abaisser vs amasser
75% similar
abaisser vs abc
25% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « abaisser »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).abaisserse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « abattus » (#14,590), « évoquée » (#14,587), « accomplie » (#14,591). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « abaisser » est au #14,589. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around abaisser (IPA \a.be.se\), averb. Corpus frequency is #14,589 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 13 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for abaisser, with forms such as "aabisser", "abaiser", and "abaisesr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "apaiser", "amasser", "abc", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 abaisser, spelled A-B-A-I-S-S-E-R.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Une vis de rappel micrométrique peut ensuite soulever ou abaisser la lunette par un mouvement doux et modérable, pour faire atteindre plus exactement à son axe optique la hauteur voulue.
  2. J’examine à la dérobée son sein qui se soulève et qui s’abaisse, et sa figure immobile, et le livre vivant qui est uni à elle.

Synonyms

descendrerabattrereplierabâtardiravilirdégraderhumilierrabaisserravaleraffaibliramoindriratténuerbaisserdéprécierdescendrediminuerréduiredescendreavilirdéchoirhumiliersoumettre

This word in other languages

lower(English)bajar(Español)senken(Deutsch)abaixar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aabisser
  • abaiser
  • abaisesr
  • abaisserr
  • abaissre
  • abasiser
  • abbaisser
  • abiasser
  • baaisser

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of abaisser - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

aabisser2abaiser1abaisesr2abaisserr1abaissre2abasiser2abbaisser1abiasser2
Edit distance from "abaisser"

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 "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. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

adjointe#14,592étroites#14,586Villiers#14,577atlético#14,604

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

évoquée9 variantsétaler9 variantsAlstom9 variantsSomalie9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list