abandonnent

\a.bɑ̃.dɔn\

/\a.bɑ̃.dɔn\/ verb

The verdict

“abandonnent” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,526. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,526
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe abandonner.

Corpus desk

Index FR-abandonnent · abandonnent · French

abandonnent · rank #16,526 · 15 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,526
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH abattoir

Nearest frequency peer: abattoir (+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 « abandonnent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « abandonnent » 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).

abandonnent vs abandonner
82% similar
abandonnent vs abandonnés
73% similar
abandonnent vs abandonnez
82% similar

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

Key facts for abandonnent
PropertyValue
Headwordabandonnent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.bɑ̃.dɔn\
Letters11
Frequency rank#16,526
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « abandonnent »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).abandonnentse 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 « abattoir » (#16,527), « évitera » (#16,524), « aboutissement » (#16,528). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « abandonnent » est au #16,526. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around abandonnent (IPA \a.bɑ̃.dɔn\), averb. Corpus frequency is #16,526 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for abandonnent, with forms such as "aabndonnent", "abadnonnent", and "abanddonnent". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "abandonner", "abandonnés", "abandonnez", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is abandonnent, spelled A-B-A-N-D-O-N-N-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe abandonner.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif présent du verbe abandonner.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Malgré la pénurie de soignants, 20 % des élèves en écoles d’infirmières « abandonnent leurs études », a déploré, mardi, le ministre de la Santé, François Braun, pointant leur « précarité » financière et la « maltraitance » subie durant les stages de formation.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aabndonnent
  • abadnonnent
  • abanddonnent
  • abandnonent
  • abandonennt
  • abandonent
  • abandonnennt
  • abandonnentt
  • abandonnetn
  • abandonnnet
  • abanndonnent
  • abanodnnent
  • abbandonnent
  • abnadonnent
  • baandonnent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of abandonnent - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

aabndonnent2abadnonnent2abanddonnent1abandnonent2abandonennt2abandonent1abandonnennt1abandonnentt1
Edit distance from "abandonnent"

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 "abandonnent"?
"abandonnent" is spelled A-B-A-N-D-O-N-N-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a.bɑ̃.dɔn\.
What does "abandonnent" mean?
As a verb, "abandonnent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe abandonner.
What words are commonly confused with "abandonnent"?
"abandonnent" is commonly confused with "abandonner", "abandonnés", "abandonnez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "abandonnent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abandonnent" is \a.bɑ̃.dɔn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abandonnent" come from?
"abandonnent" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list