abreuvoir

\a.bʁœ.vwaʁ\

/\a.bʁœ.vwaʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“abreuvoir” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,708. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,708
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lieu où les chevaux et les bestiaux peuvent boire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-abreuvoir · abreuvoir · French

abreuvoir · rank #47,708 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,708
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH accapare

Nearest frequency peer: accapare (+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 « abreuvoir »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « abreuvoir » 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).

abreuvoir vs aurevoir
78% similar
abreuvoir vs abreuver
78% similar

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

Key facts for abreuvoir
PropertyValue
Headwordabreuvoir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.bʁœ.vwaʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#47,708
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « abreuvoir »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).abreuvoirse 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 « accapare » (#47,709), « accompagnez » (#47,710), « accumulateurs » (#47,711). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « abreuvoir » est au #47,708. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around abreuvoir (IPA \a.bʁœ.vwaʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,708 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for abreuvoir, with forms such as "abbreuvoir", "aberuvoir", and "abreuovir". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "aurevoir", "abreuver", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 abreuvoir, spelled A-B-R-E-U-V-O-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lieu où les chevaux et les bestiaux peuvent boire.
  2. 2
    Récipient de grande taille, en pierre, en ciment, en tôle, parfois en bois, qui une fois rempli d'eau sert aux bestiaux qui veulent boire.
  3. 3
    Machine où l’on peut s’abreuver ; fontaine dans les lieux publics (écoles, hôpitaux).
  4. 4
    Entaille verticale en V inversé, pratiquée dans la face de joint d’une pierre taillée qui permet de couler le coulis de mortier entre deux faces de joint et une meilleure accroche du mortier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Aux alentours et dans les lointains invisibles, les tintements joyeux des clochettes argentines et les bourdons graves des sonneaux indiquaient à Mimile que les autres petits bergers, ainsi que les bergères de son âge rapatriaient comme lui vers l’abreuvoir et vers l’étable leurs troupeaux repus.
  2. Dans le Luxembourg, on recommande aux enfants de ne pas aller jouer sur les bords des étangs, des rivières, des abreuvoirs, parce que Marie Crochet les attirerait dans l’eau […].

Synonyms

buvoirlavagne

This word in other languages

trough(English)bebedero(Español)Tränke(Deutsch)bebedouro(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abbreuvoir
  • aberuvoir
  • abreuovir
  • abreuvior
  • abreuvoirr
  • abreuvori
  • abreuvvoir
  • abrevuoir
  • abrreuvoir
  • abruevoir
  • arbeuvoir
  • bareuvoir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of abreuvoir - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

abbreuvoir1aberuvoir2abreuovir2abreuvior2abreuvoirr1abreuvori2abreuvvoir1abrevuoir2
Edit distance from "abreuvoir"

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 "abreuvoir"?
"abreuvoir" is spelled A-B-R-E-U-V-O-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.bʁœ.vwaʁ\.
What does "abreuvoir" mean?
As a noun, "abreuvoir" means: Lieu où les chevaux et les bestiaux peuvent boire.
What words are commonly confused with "abreuvoir"?
"abreuvoir" is commonly confused with "aurevoir", "abreuver". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "abreuvoir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abreuvoir" is \a.bʁœ.vwaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abreuvoir" come from?
"abreuvoir" 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 "abreuvoir", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

amovibles#47,720appauvrir#47,723armurerie#47,726assesseur#47,732

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

âprement12 variantsardentes12 variantsassombrit12 variantsbourdons12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list