abandon
\a.bɑ̃.dɔ̃\
The verdict
“abandon” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #4,395 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,395
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - État d’une personne, d’une chose abandonnée.
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 | abandon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.bɑ̃.dɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #4,395 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “abandon” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for abandon is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.bɑ̃.dɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #4,395 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 15 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for abandon, with forms such as "aabndon", "abadnon", and "abanddon". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "abandons", "abandonné", "abandonna", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is abandon, spelled A-B-A-N-D-O-N.
Definition
- 1État d’une personne, d’une chose abandonnée.
- 2Action d’abandonner, de délaisser.
- 3Acte de renoncer à une qualité, un emploi ou un poste.
- 4Fait de renoncer à une cause, une croyance.
- 5Fait de renoncer à un parti, un engagement.
- 6Renonciation à la possession, à la jouissance d’une chose.
- 7Fait de renoncer à une candidature dans une élection ou un concours.
- 8Don, renonciation à un droit, abandon de famille.
- 9Acte par lequel un débiteur abandonne tous ses biens à ses créanciers, pour se mettre à l’abri de leurs poursuites.
- 10Sans contrainte. En toute confiance.
- 11Confidence.
- 12En parlant des manières, des discours, des ouvrages d’esprit et des productions des arts, pour exprimer une sorte de facilité, de négligence heureuse qui exclut toute recherche, toute affectation, et ne laisse jamais sentir l’effort, ni le travail.
- 13Acte par lequel l’acheteur renonce a un marché conclu en consentant à payer la prime.
- 14Rupture des liens affectifs et matériels qui attachent un individu à son entourage plus ou moins proche.
- 15Terrain en jachère.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aabndon,abadnon,abanddon,abandno,abandonn,abanndon,abanodn,abbandon,abnadon,baandon
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of abandon - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “abandon”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-B-A-N-D-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.bɑ̃.dɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “abandons” - see the side-by-side comparison. abandon vs abandons
- 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.