aboutit

\a.bu.ti\

/\a.bu.ti\/ verb

The verdict

“aboutit” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,814. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,814
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de aboutir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-aboutit · aboutit · French

aboutit · rank #10,814 · 8 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,814
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH abou

Nearest frequency peer: abou (-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 « aboutit »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « aboutit » 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).

aboutit vs abruti
71% similar
aboutit vs abrutis
71% similar
aboutit vs adoucit
71% similar

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

Key facts for aboutit
PropertyValue
Headwordaboutit
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.bu.ti\
Letters7
Frequency rank#10,814
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « aboutit »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.aboutitse 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 « abou » (#10,813), « accro » (#10,815), « éponge » (#10,812). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « aboutit » est au #10,814. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around aboutit (IPA \a.bu.ti\), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,814 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for aboutit, with forms such as "abboutit", "abotuit", and "abouitt". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "abruti", "abrutis", "adoucit", and more, 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is aboutit, spelled A-B-O-U-T-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de aboutir.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de aboutir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Or, celle-ci est une logique « binaire », c’est-à-dire une logique qui, en segmentalisant à outrance les chaînes de transfert de l’information (tout fonctionne sur la base du « oui-non »), et en imposant une logique de dissociation entre chaînes d’information et chaînes d’action de l’entreprise (du fait de la nécessité de « coder » et « traiter » les info…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abboutit
  • abotuit
  • abouitt
  • aboutitt
  • abouttit
  • abuotit
  • aobutit
  • baoutit

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

abboutit1abotuit2abouitt2aboutitt1abouttit1abuotit2aobutit2baoutit2
Edit distance from "aboutit"

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 "aboutit"?
"aboutit" is spelled A-B-O-U-T-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a.bu.ti\.
What does "aboutit" mean?
As a verb, "aboutit" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de aboutir.
What words are commonly confused with "aboutit"?
"aboutit" is commonly confused with "abruti", "abrutis", "adoucit". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aboutit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aboutit" is \a.bu.ti\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aboutit" come from?
"aboutit" 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 "aboutit", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list