Abraham

\a.bʁa.am\

/\a.bʁa.am\/ name

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The verdict

“Abraham” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,950. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,950
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Patriarche biblique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-abraham · Abraham · French

Abraham · rank #8,950 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,950
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH électorales

Nearest frequency peer: électorales (-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 « Abraham »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Abraham » 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).

Abraham vs Arkham
71% similar

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

Key facts for Abraham
PropertyValue
HeadwordAbraham
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\a.bʁa.am\
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,950
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Abraham »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Abrahamse 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 « électorales » (#8,949), « accumulation » (#8,951), « écrivent » (#8,948). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « Abraham » est au #8,950. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Abraham (IPA \a.bʁa.am\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #8,950 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Patriarche biblique.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Abraham, with forms such as "abarham", "abbraham", and "abraahm". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Arkham", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Abraham, spelled A-B-R-A-H-A-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Patriarche biblique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Je vous dirai maintenant ce que signifie pour moi être juif, en France ou ailleurs, au XXᵉ siècle. Je pense que c’est être l’héritier d’uen tradition religieuse qui remonte à Abraham, père des grandes religions monothéistes […].

This word in other languages

Abraham(English)Abraham(Español)Abraham(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abarham
  • abbraham
  • abraahm
  • abrahamm
  • abrahham
  • abrahma
  • abrhaam
  • abrraham
  • arbaham
  • baraham

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Abraham - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

abarham2abbraham1abraahm2abrahamm1abrahham1abrahma2abrhaam2abrraham1
Edit distance from "Abraham"

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 "Abraham"?
"Abraham" is spelled A-B-R-A-H-A-M. The IPA pronunciation is \a.bʁa.am\.
What does "Abraham" mean?
As a proper noun, "Abraham" means: Patriarche biblique.
What words are commonly confused with "Abraham"?
"Abraham" is commonly confused with "Arkham". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Abraham"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Abraham" is \a.bʁa.am\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Abraham" come from?
"Abraham" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Abraham", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

statues10 variantscombiné10 variantscontrer10 variantsdiviser10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list