abolir

\a.bɔ.liʁ\

/\a.bɔ.liʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“abolir” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,076. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,076
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mettre hors d’usage, anéantir, supprimer, abroger.

Corpus desk

Index FR-abolir · abolir · French

abolir · rank #15,076 · 8 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,076
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH acquitter

Nearest frequency peer: acquitter (+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 « abolir »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « abolir » 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).

abolir vs avoir
67% similar
abolir vs abolit
83% similar
abolir vs aboyer
67% similar

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

Key facts for abolir
PropertyValue
Headwordabolir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.bɔ.liʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#15,076
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « abolir »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.abolirse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « acquitter » (#15,077), « évader » (#15,074), « admirable » (#15,078). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « abolir » est au #15,076. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around abolir (IPA \a.bɔ.liʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #15,076 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for abolir, with forms such as "abbolir", "abloir", and "aboilr". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "avoir", "abolit", "aboyer", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is abolir, spelled A-B-O-L-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mettre hors d’usage, anéantir, supprimer, abroger.
  2. 2
    Annuler la poursuite judiciaire d'un crime, par un acte d’autorité souveraine.
  3. 3
    Faire disparaître.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le 20 juin 1790 furent abolis non-seulement ces titres, mais encore les armoiries, les livrées, les ordres de chevalerie, tous les hochets de la vanité.
  2. La Révolution abolit la peine du pilori que, quelques années plus tard, le Code pénal remplaça par celle de l’exposition. Elle-même fut abolie en 1848.

Synonyms

prescrire

This word in other languages

abolish(English)abolir(Español)abschaffen(Deutsch)abolir(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abbolir
  • abloir
  • aboilr
  • abolirr
  • abollir
  • abolri
  • aoblir
  • baolir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

abbolir1abloir2aboilr2abolirr1abollir1abolri2aoblir2baolir2
Edit distance from "abolir"

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 "abolir"?
"abolir" is spelled A-B-O-L-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.bɔ.liʁ\.
What does "abolir" mean?
As a verb, "abolir" means: Mettre hors d’usage, anéantir, supprimer, abroger.
What words are commonly confused with "abolir"?
"abolir" is commonly confused with "avoir", "abolit", "aboyer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "abolir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abolir" is \a.bɔ.liʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abolir" come from?
"abolir" 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 "abolir", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

évader#15,074étalon#15,073alliée#15,083apogée#15,087

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Aragon8 variantsWallace8 variantsbattait8 variantssentie8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list