abbayes

\a.be.i\

/\a.be.i\/ noun

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The verdict

“abbayes” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,536. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,536
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de abbaye.

Corpus desk

Index FR-abbayes · abbayes · French

abbayes · rank #25,536 · 8 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,536
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH abonde

Nearest frequency peer: abonde (+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 « abbayes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « abbayes » 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).

abbayes vs abbés
57% similar
abbayes vs abbas
71% similar
abbayes vs abbaye
86% similar

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

Key facts for abbayes
PropertyValue
Headwordabbayes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.be.i\
Letters7
Frequency rank#25,536
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « abbayes »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.abbayesse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « abonde » (#25,537), « évoquait » (#25,534), « étonnantes » (#25,533). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « abbayes » est au #25,536. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around abbayes (IPA \a.be.i\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,536 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de abbaye.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for abbayes, with forms such as "ababyes", "abayes", and "abbaeys". 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, "abbés", "abbas", "abbaye", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is abbayes, spelled A-B-B-A-Y-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de abbaye.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les abbayes et les monastères, étaient à cette époque, « cavernes de voleurs, lieux de dissolution » ; les abus devenaient tellement criants, les désordres prenaient des proportions si inquiétantes, qu’à tout prix il fallait y mettre un terme.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ababyes
  • abayes
  • abbaeys
  • abbayess
  • abbayse
  • abbayyes
  • abbyaes
  • babayes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of abbayes - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ababyes2abayes1abbaeys2abbayess1abbayse2abbayyes1abbyaes2babayes2
Edit distance from "abbayes"

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 "abbayes"?
"abbayes" is spelled A-B-B-A-Y-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \a.be.i\.
What does "abbayes" mean?
As a noun, "abbayes" means: Pluriel de abbaye.
What words are commonly confused with "abbayes"?
"abbayes" is commonly confused with "abbés", "abbas", "abbaye". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "abbayes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abbayes" is \a.be.i\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abbayes" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

agneaux#25,542Anatole#25,546Wilhelm#25,526tweeter#25,517

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

abonde8 variantswilaya8 variantsunifié8 variantsatterrit8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list