abreuvoir

/\a.bʁœ.vwaʁ\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#47,708

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

abreuvoir is aFrenchnoun. It means: Lieu où les chevaux et les bestiaux peuvent boire. Pronounced \a.bʁœ.vwaʁ\. Often confused with aurevoir and abreuver.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of abreuvoir in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for abreuvoir is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.bʁœ.vwaʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #47,708 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for abreuvoir, with forms such as "abbreuvoir", "aberuvoir", and "abreuovir". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is abreuvoir, spelled A-B-R-E-U-V-O-I-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abbreuvoir,aberuvoir,abreuovir,abreuvior,abreuvoirr,abreuvori,abreuvvoir,abrevuoir,abrreuvoir,abruevoir,arbeuvoir,bareuvoir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for abreuvoir

Misspelling Variants of "abreuvoir"

abbreuvoir10aberuvoir9abreuovir9abreuvior9abreuvoirr10abreuvori9abreuvvoir10abrevuoir9
Misspelling Variants of "abreuvoir"

Frequency rank: #47,708 in French

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. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.