abattre
\a.batʁ\
The verdict
“abattre” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,489. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,489
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mettre à bas ; jeter à terre ; faire tomber.
Corpus desk
Index FR-abattre · abattre · French
abattre · rank #8,489 · 8 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,489
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH 4G
Nearest frequency peer: 4G (-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 « abattre »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- écossais
écossais
91,516 corpus weight
- élites
élites
91,515 corpus weight
- 4G
4G
91,513 corpus weight
- abattre
abattre
91,512 corpus weight
- about
about
91,511 corpus weight
- admission
admission
91,509 corpus weight
What this shows « abattre » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | abattre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.batʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #8,489 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « abattre »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around abattre (IPA \a.batʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,489 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 16 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for abattre, with forms such as "aabttre", "abatre", and "abatrte". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "abattu", "abattus", "abattue", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is abattre, spelled A-B-A-T-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1Mettre à bas ; jeter à terre ; faire tomber.
- 2Démolir, casser une maison, un mur, un plancher, etc.
- 3Coucher un navire sur son flanc pour travailler à la carène ou à quelque autre partie qui est ordinairement submergée.
- 4Coucher un animal sur le flanc quand il doit subir quelque opération.
- 5Mettre une ou plusieurs de ses cartes sur la table pour les montrer.
- 6Récolter le charbon au moyen d’un outil.
- 7Expédier en peu de temps beaucoup de travail.
- 8Boire (une quantité réputée importante).
- 9Tuer un animal.
- 10Assassiner par arme à feu.
- 11Détruire un avion en vol.
- 12Affaiblir physiquement et moralement.
- 13Tomber brusquement.
- 14S’apaiser, en parlant du vent.
- 15Tomber ou se laisser tomber (sur quelqu’un ou quelque chose) en provoquant un dommage.
- 16Éloigner la proue d’un bateau du lit du vent, en faisant une abattée volontaire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abattre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On vient d’abattre à Lyon un platane géant. Cet arbre cubait près de 12 mètres et le tronc seul pesait 19540 kilogr.
Pour les autres, il creusait des fossés, fagottait, écorçait des arbres ou les abattait.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aabttre
- abatre
- abatrte
- abatter
- abattrre
- abbattre
- abtatre
- baattre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of abattre - 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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Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).