abîmer

\a.bi.me\

/\a.bi.me\/ verb

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The verdict

“abîmer” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,835. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,835
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Précipiter dans un abîme.

Corpus desk

Index FR-abimer · abîmer · French

abîmer · rank #24,835 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,835
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH abstinence

Nearest frequency peer: abstinence (-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 « abîmer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « abîmer » 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).

abîmer vs aimé
33% similar
abîmer vs amer
67% similar
abîmer vs aider
50% similar

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

Key facts for abîmer
PropertyValue
Headwordabîmer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.bi.me\
Letters6
Frequency rank#24,835
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « abîmer »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).abîmerse 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 « abstinence » (#24,834), « 5G » (#24,833), « accompagnera » (#24,837). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « abîmer » est au #24,835. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around abîmer (IPA \a.bi.me\), averb. Corpus frequency is #24,835 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for abîmer, with forms such as "abbîmer", "abimer", and "abmîer". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "aimé", "amer", "aider", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is abîmer, spelled A-B-Î-M-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Précipiter dans un abîme.
  2. 2
    Ruiner, détruire entièrement.
  3. 3
    Faire perdre en qualité.
  4. 4
    Endommager beaucoup.
  5. 5
    Se détériorer.
  6. 6
    Amerrir d’urgence, s’engloutir.
  7. 7
    S’abandonner complètement à une pensée, à un sentiment, à un genre de vie, s’y plonger.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les cinq villes que Dieu abîma.
  2. Un tremblement de terre vient d’abîmer toute une ville au Japon.

Synonyms

engloutirendommagerdétériorer

This word in other languages

fall down(English)abismar(Español)hinabwerfen(Deutsch)arruinar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abbîmer
  • abimer
  • abmîer
  • abîemr
  • abîmerr
  • abîmmer
  • abîmre
  • aîbmer
  • baîmer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of abîmer - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

abbîmer1abimer1abmîer2abîemr2abîmerr1abîmmer1abîmre2aîbmer2
Edit distance from "abîmer"

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 "abîmer"?
"abîmer" is spelled A-B-Î-M-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.bi.me\.
What does "abîmer" mean?
As a verb, "abîmer" means: Précipiter dans un abîme.
What words are commonly confused with "abîmer"?
"abîmer" is commonly confused with "aimé", "amer", "aider". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "abîmer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abîmer" is \a.bi.me\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abîmer" come from?
"abîmer" 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 "abîmer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list