absorbent

\ap.sɔʁb\

/\ap.sɔʁb\/ verb

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The verdict

“absorbent” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,383. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,383
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-absorbent · absorbent · French

absorbent · rank #34,383 · 14 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,383
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH abois

Nearest frequency peer: abois (-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 « absorbent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « absorbent » 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).

absorbent vs absorber
78% similar
absorbent vs absorbés
67% similar
absorbent vs absorbé
67% similar

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

Key facts for absorbent
PropertyValue
Headwordabsorbent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ap.sɔʁb\
Letters9
Frequency rank#34,383
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « absorbent »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).absorbentse 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 « abois » (#34,382), « accommodement » (#34,384), « Abi » (#34,381). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « absorbent » est au #34,383. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around absorbent (IPA \ap.sɔʁb\), averb. Corpus frequency is #34,383 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for absorbent, with forms such as "abbsorbent", "abosrbent", and "absobrent". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "absorber", "absorbés", "absorbé", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is absorbent, spelled A-B-S-O-R-B-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe absorber.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif présent du verbe absorber.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ne sait-on pas que l’on peut, jusqu’à un certain point, sursaler le bouillon en raison de la quantité de légumes qui y sont ajoutés et qui absorbent le sel en excès ?

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abbsorbent
  • abosrbent
  • absobrent
  • absorbbent
  • absorbennt
  • absorbentt
  • absorbetn
  • absorbnet
  • absorebnt
  • absorrbent
  • absrobent
  • abssorbent
  • asborbent
  • basorbent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

abbsorbent1abosrbent2absobrent2absorbbent1absorbennt1absorbentt1absorbetn2absorbnet2
Edit distance from "absorbent"

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

Same letter count

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

achèterai#34,389allongées#34,400végétatif#34,362annulaire#34,408

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

abdominaux14 variantsactualiser14 variantsannotations14 variantsantithèse14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list