abréviations

\a.bʁe.vja.sjɔ̃\

/\a.bʁe.vja.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“abréviations” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,326. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,326
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de abréviation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-abreviations · abréviations · French

abréviations · rank #31,326 · 18 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #31,326
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH aboutira

Nearest frequency peer: aboutira (-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 « abréviations »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « abréviations » 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).

abréviations vs abréviation
92% similar

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

Key facts for abréviations
PropertyValue
Headwordabréviations
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.bʁe.vja.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#31,326
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « abréviations »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).abréviationsse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « aboutira » (#31,325), « absolus » (#31,327), « abondent » (#31,324). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « abréviations » est au #31,326. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around abréviations (IPA \a.bʁe.vja.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,326 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de abréviation.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for abréviations, with forms such as "abbréviations", "abreviations", and "abrréviations". 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, "abréviation", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is abréviations, spelled A-B-R-É-V-I-A-T-I-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de abréviation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il est possible de trouver des cas où l’exploitation des abréviations entraîne l’utilisation de caractères adjacents identiques; une règle est d’ailleurs prévue pour contrer ces cas.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abbréviations
  • abreviations
  • abrréviations
  • abrvéiations
  • abréivations
  • abrévaitions
  • abréviaitons
  • abréviatinos
  • abréviationns
  • abréviationss
  • abréviatiosn
  • abréviatoins
  • abréviattions
  • abrévitaions
  • abrévviations
  • abérviations
  • arbéviations
  • baréviations

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

abbréviations1abreviations1abrréviations1abrvéiations2abréivations2abrévaitions2abréviaitons2abréviatinos2
Edit distance from "abréviations"

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 "abréviations"?
"abréviations" is spelled A-B-R-É-V-I-A-T-I-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \a.bʁe.vja.sjɔ̃\.
What does "abréviations" mean?
As a noun, "abréviations" means: Pluriel de abréviation.
What words are commonly confused with "abréviations"?
"abréviations" is commonly confused with "abréviation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "abréviations"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abréviations" is \a.bʁe.vja.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abréviations" come from?
"abréviations" 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 "abréviations", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list