abhorrer
\a.bɔ.ʁe\
The verdict
“abhorrer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avoir en horreur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-abhorrer · abhorrer · French
abhorrer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abhorrer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.bɔ.ʁe\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « abhorrer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
abhorrer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \a.bɔ.ʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Avoir en horreur.".
Zero misspellings are on record for abhorrer in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is abhorrer, spelled A-B-H-O-R-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1Avoir en horreur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abhorrer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Comment ne pas abhorrer comme un monstre affreux, comment ne pas fuir comme un spectre hideux, un homme de cette espèce, s’il était possible qu’il n’existât jamais
Objet infortuné des vengeances célestes, Je m’abhorre encor plus que tu ne me détestes.
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.