aberrant

\a.bɛ.ʁɑ̃\

/\a.bɛ.ʁɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“aberrant” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,444. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,444
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui diffère de la normale. Quelque chose de bizarre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-aberrant · aberrant · French

aberrant · rank #30,444 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #30,444
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH abritait

Nearest frequency peer: abritait (+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 « aberrant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « aberrant » 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).

aberrant vs abordant
75% similar

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

Key facts for aberrant
PropertyValue
Headwordaberrant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\a.bɛ.ʁɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#30,444
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « aberrant »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).aberrantse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « abritait » (#30,445), « épithète » (#30,442), « abroger » (#30,446). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « aberrant » est au #30,444. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around aberrant (IPA \a.bɛ.ʁɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #30,444 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui diffère de la normale. Quelque chose de bizarre.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for aberrant, with forms such as "abberrant", "aberant", and "aberarnt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "abordant", 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is aberrant, spelled A-B-E-R-R-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui diffère de la normale. Quelque chose de bizarre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On n'a jamais vu dans l'Évangile Jésus demander à quelqu'un de tomber malade pour en sauver un autre ; cela n'existe pas, c'est aberrant.
  2. Le peintre y reprenait un thème qu’il avait plusieurs fois abordé dans sa série de gravures dites « didactiques » où il entendait démontrer comment une perspective légèrement faussée peut suffire à entraîner des illusions aberrantes.

Synonyms

absurdeanormalatypiquedéraisonnableextravagantfougrotesqueidiotinsenséloufoqueridiculesaugrenu

Antonyms

normalnormé

This word in other languages

aberrant(English)aberrante(Español)Aberrations-(Deutsch)insano(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abberrant
  • aberant
  • aberarnt
  • aberrannt
  • aberrantt
  • aberratn
  • aberrnat
  • abrerant
  • aebrrant
  • baerrant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aberrant - 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.

abberrant1aberant1aberarnt2aberrannt1aberrantt1aberratn2aberrnat2abrerant2
Edit distance from "aberrant"

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 "aberrant"?
"aberrant" is spelled A-B-E-R-R-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a.bɛ.ʁɑ̃\.
What does "aberrant" mean?
As an adjective, "aberrant" means: Qui diffère de la normale. Quelque chose de bizarre.
What words are commonly confused with "aberrant"?
"aberrant" is commonly confused with "abordant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aberrant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aberrant" is \a.bɛ.ʁɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aberrant" come from?
"aberrant" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

abritait#30,445épithète#30,442absenter#30,447abusives#30,448

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

abroger10 variantsépiques10 variantsécluses10 variantsactivez10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list