abaisser
\a.be.se\
The verdict
“abaisser” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #14,589 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #14,589
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mettre en position plus basse, faire descendre, diminuer la hauteur.
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 | abaisser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.be.se\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #14,589 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “abaisser” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for abaisser is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, 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 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
- 1Mettre en position plus basse, faire descendre, diminuer la hauteur.
- 2Déprimer ou humilier, en parlant d'une personne.
- 3Étendre de la pâte au moyen d’un rouleau à pâtisserie, et la rendre plus mince.
- 4Diminuer la quantité de, rendre moins élevé.
- 5Diminuer le degré d’une équation.
- 6Diminuer le degré d’une équation.
- 7Pour une branche d’arbre, la raccourcir.
- 8Pour un oiseau, diminuer sa nourriture habituelle pour le rendre plus léger au vol.
- 9Pour 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.
- 10Descendre à une position plus basse.
- 11Perdre sa dignité, sa fierté.
- 12Se baisser.
- 13Condescendre, consentir, se soumettre.
This word in other languages
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.
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 “abaisser”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-B-A-I-S-S-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.be.se\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “apaiser” - see the side-by-side comparison. abaisser vs apaiser
- 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.