Abdoulaye

\ab.du.laj\

/\ab.du.laj\/ name

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The verdict

“Abdoulaye” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,035. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,035
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin, variante de Abdallah.

Corpus desk

Index FR-abdoulaye · Abdoulaye · French

Abdoulaye · rank #28,035 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,035
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH Abdelaziz

Nearest frequency peer: Abdelaziz (-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 « Abdoulaye »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Abdoulaye » 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
Key facts for Abdoulaye
PropertyValue
HeadwordAbdoulaye
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ab.du.laj\
Letters9
Frequency rank#28,035
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Abdoulaye »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Abdoulayese 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 « Abdelaziz » (#28,034), « abonnez » (#28,036), « Abbeville » (#28,033). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « Abdoulaye » est au #28,035. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around Abdoulaye (IPA \ab.du.laj\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #28,035 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom masculin, variante de Abdallah.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Abdoulaye, with forms such as "abbdoulaye", "abddoulaye", and "abdoluaye". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Abdoulaye, spelled A-B-D-O-U-L-A-Y-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom masculin, variante de Abdallah.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Abdoulaye Kafando regrette l’époque où les parents de jeunes footballeurs de Lyon-La Duchère préparaient le goûter au bord des terrains.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abbdoulaye
  • abddoulaye
  • abdoluaye
  • abdoualye
  • abdoulaey
  • abdoulayye
  • abdoullaye
  • abdoulyae
  • abduolaye
  • abodulaye
  • adboulaye
  • badoulaye

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Abdoulaye - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

abbdoulaye1abddoulaye1abdoluaye2abdoualye2abdoulaey2abdoulayye1abdoullaye1abdoulyae2
Edit distance from "Abdoulaye"

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 "Abdoulaye"?
"Abdoulaye" is spelled A-B-D-O-U-L-A-Y-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ab.du.laj\.
What does "Abdoulaye" mean?
As a proper noun, "Abdoulaye" means: Prénom masculin, variante de Abdallah.
What are common misspellings of "Abdoulaye"?
Common misspellings include "abbdoulaye", "abddoulaye", "abdoluaye", "abdoualye", "abdoulaey". The correct spelling is "Abdoulaye".
How do you pronounce "Abdoulaye"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Abdoulaye" is \ab.du.laj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Abdoulaye" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Abdelaziz#28,034Abbeville#28,033accentuée#28,038adéquates#28,043

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

égaliser12 variantsviendras12 variantsverrouiller12 variantsarrachent12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list