abcès

/\ap.sɛ\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#27,675

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

abcès is aFrenchnoun. It means: Poche de pus dans une cavité formée aux dépens des tissus environnants. Pronounced \ap.sɛ\. Often confused with ace and abe.

Key facts for abcès
PropertyValue
Headwordabcès
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ap.sɛ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#27,675
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of abcès in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for abcès is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ap.sɛ\. Corpus data places it at rank #27,675 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for abcès, with forms such as "abbcès", "abccès", and "abces". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ace", "abe", "aes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is abcès, spelled A-B-C-È-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Poche de pus dans une cavité formée aux dépens des tissus environnants.
  2. 2
    Amas d'urine et de matière stercorale
  3. 3
    Endroit où l'on laisse se cristalliser une situation mauvaise pour éviter son extension.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abbcès,abccès,abces,abcsè,abcèss,abècs,acbès,bacès

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for abcès

Misspelling Variants of "abcès"

abbcès6abccès6abces5abcsè5abcèss6abècs5acbès5bacès5
Misspelling Variants of "abcès"

Frequency rank: #27,675 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abcès"?
"abcès" is spelled A-B-C-È-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ap.sɛ\.
What does "abcès" mean?
As a noun, "abcès" means: Poche de pus dans une cavité formée aux dépens des tissus environnants.
What words are commonly confused with "abcès"?
"abcès" is commonly confused with "ace", "abe", "aes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "abcès"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abcès" is \ap.sɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abcès" come from?
"abcès" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.