aberration

\a.bɛ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\

/\a.bɛ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“aberration” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,751. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,751
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Écart d’imagination ; erreur de jugement ; absurdité.

Corpus desk

Index FR-aberration · aberration · French

aberration · rank #22,751 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,751
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH abdominale

Nearest frequency peer: abdominale (-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 « aberration »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « aberration » 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).

aberration vs aération
70% similar
aberration vs aberrations
91% similar

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

Key facts for aberration
PropertyValue
Headwordaberration
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.bɛ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#22,751
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « aberration »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).aberrationse 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 « abdominale » (#22,750), « abordent » (#22,752), « éviction » (#22,749). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « aberration » est au #22,751. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around aberration (IPA \a.bɛ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,751 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for aberration, with forms such as "abberration", "aberartion", and "aberation". 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. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "aération", "aberrations", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is aberration, spelled A-B-E-R-R-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Écart d’imagination ; erreur de jugement ; absurdité.
  2. 2
    Anomalie d’une fonction.
  3. 3
    Mouvement apparent observé dans les astres et qui résulte du mouvement de la lumière combiné avec celui de la Terre.
  4. 4
    Dispersion qui s’opère entre les divers rayons lumineux émanés d’un même point, lorsqu’ils rencontrent des surfaces courbes qui les réfléchissent ou les réfractent, de sorte qu’ils ne peuvent plus ensuite être concentrés exactement en un même foyer.
  5. 5
    Anomalie dans la disposition ou dans le fonctionnement des organes.
  6. 6
    Exception que présente un système.
  7. 7
    , caractère d'une valeur, ou d'un individu, aberrante.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le médecin attribua d’abord cet accès subit de violente émotion à une aberration d’esprit […]
  2. Il avait conservé, de la très petite enfance, cette aberration douce, cette paisible sauvagerie qui garde l’enfant tout jeune contre la peur de la mort et du sang. À treize ans, il ne faisait pas beaucoup de différence entre un vivant et un mort.

Synonyms

absurditébêtisedémencedivagationégarementerreurextravagancefoliefourvoiementméprisenon-sensstupiditéaberration de la lumièreaberration des étoiles

This word in other languages

aberration(English)aberración(Español)Wahnsinn(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abberration
  • aberartion
  • aberation
  • aberraiton
  • aberratino
  • aberrationn
  • aberratoin
  • aberrattion
  • aberrtaion
  • abreration
  • aebrration
  • baerration

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aberration - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

abberration1aberartion2aberation1aberraiton2aberratino2aberrationn1aberratoin2aberrattion1
Edit distance from "aberration"

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 "aberration"?
"aberration" is spelled A-B-E-R-R-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \a.bɛ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\.
What does "aberration" mean?
As a noun, "aberration" means: Écart d’imagination ; erreur de jugement ; absurdité.
What words are commonly confused with "aberration"?
"aberration" is commonly confused with "aération", "aberrations". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aberration"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aberration" is \a.bɛ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aberration" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

abdominale#22,750allumettes#22,764Auditorium#22,774symbolisme#22,716

Similar misspelling depth

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

abordent12 variantséviction12 variantsémetteurs12 variantsaimerions12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list