abrite

\a.bʁit\

/\a.bʁit\/ verb

The verdict

“abrite” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,106. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,106
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-abrite · abrite · French

abrite · rank #9,106 · 8 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,106
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH accouchement

Nearest frequency peer: accouchement (+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 « abrite »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « abrite » 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).

abrite vs arte
67% similar
abrite vs agité
50% similar
abrite vs arête
67% similar

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

Key facts for abrite
PropertyValue
Headwordabrite
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.bʁit\
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,106
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « abrite »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.abritese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « accouchement » (#9,107), « admiration » (#9,109), « épicerie » (#9,102). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « abrite » est au #9,106. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around abrite (IPA \a.bʁit\), averb. Corpus frequency is #9,106 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for abrite, with forms such as "abbrite", "abirte", and "abriet". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "arte", "agité", "arête", and more, 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is abrite, spelled A-B-R-I-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe abriter.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe abriter.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe abriter.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe abriter.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent du verbe abriter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Vaste de 9000 Ha de terrains domaniaux situés entre 900 et 2800 m d’altitude, la réserve du Mont-Vallier abrite une population d’isards, de densité moyenne supérieure à 18 têtes pour 100 ha..

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abbrite
  • abirte
  • abriet
  • abritte
  • abrrite
  • abrtie
  • arbite
  • barite

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

abbrite1abirte2abriet2abritte1abrrite1abrtie2arbite2barite2
Edit distance from "abrite"

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 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