abot
\a.bo\
The verdict
“abot” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pièce fixée au paturon utilisée pour entraver les chevaux au pâturage.
Corpus desk
Index FR-abot · abot · French
abot · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | abot |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.bo\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « abot » en français
Rare enough to double-check
abot is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.bo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pièce fixée au paturon utilisée pour entraver les chevaux au pâturage.".
No misspelling variants are generated for abot in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is abot, spelled A-B-O-T.
Definition
- 1Pièce fixée au paturon utilisée pour entraver les chevaux au pâturage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abot appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette espèce de serrure se nomme abot dans quelques endroits. Elle empêche le cheval de marcher vite, et s’oppose en outre à ce qu’un voleur ne l’emmène facilement ; mais il faut garnir d’un feutre l’anse, afin d’éviter les contusions trop fortes, que l’abot pourrait causer par la compression et le frottement réitéré ….
Des pelotons de gardes mobiles quadrillent les abords jusqu’aux grilles gardées par une trentaine de cavaliers ayant mis l’abot à leurs chevaux.
This word in other languages
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