aber
\a.bɛʁ\
The verdict
“aber” is uncommon French (frequency #55,027 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,027
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vallée d’un petit fleuve côtier envahie par la mer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-aber · aber · French
aber · rank #55,027 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,027
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH 8K
Nearest frequency peer: 8K (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « aber »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- évoquez
évoquez
44,979 corpus weight
- 8K
8K
44,975 corpus weight
- aber
aber
44,974 corpus weight
- abrutie
abrutie
44,973 corpus weight
- abusant
abusant
44,972 corpus weight
- accommodant
accommodant
44,971 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « aber » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aber |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.bɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #55,027 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « aber » en français
Rare enough to double-check
aber is uncommon French at frequency #55,027 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.bɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vallée d’un petit fleuve côtier envahie par la mer.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for aber in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is aber, spelled A-B-E-R.
Definition
- 1Vallée d’un petit fleuve côtier envahie par la mer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aber appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La rade de Brest comporte plusieurs abers.
Ria : Étendue de MER, relativement longue et étroite, pénétrant à l’intérieur des terres, résultant de l’envahissement par la mer de la partie aval d’une VALLÉE fluviale. Appelée aber en Bretagne.
This word in other languages
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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