absorber

\ap.sɔʁ.be\

/\ap.sɔʁ.be\/ verb

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The verdict

“absorber” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,696. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,696
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire pénétrer en soi, assimiler.

Corpus desk

Index FR-absorber · absorber · French

absorber · rank #11,696 · 12 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,696
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH accents

Nearest frequency peer: accents (+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 « absorber »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « absorber » 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).

absorber vs absorbés
75% similar
absorber vs aborder
75% similar
absorber vs absorbé
75% similar

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

Key facts for absorber
PropertyValue
Headwordabsorber
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ap.sɔʁ.be\
Letters8
Frequency rank#11,696
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « absorber »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.absorberse 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 « accents » (#11,697), « éruption » (#11,694), « activer » (#11,698). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « absorber » est au #11,696. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around absorber (IPA \ap.sɔʁ.be\), averb. Corpus frequency is #11,696 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for absorber, with forms such as "abbsorber", "abosrber", and "absobrer". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "absorbés", "aborder", "absorbé", and more, 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 its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is absorber, spelled A-B-S-O-R-B-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faire pénétrer en soi, assimiler.
  2. 2
    Faire pénétrer en soi, assimiler.
  3. 3
    Pomper un fluide.
  4. 4
    Consumer entièrement, et, en ce sens, il se dit principalement en parlant des biens, des richesses, de l’argent.
  5. 5
    Attirer à soi en entier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mais d’abord, nierez-vous qu’en Bretagne des monomanes de l’ingurgitation absorbent par jour jusqu’à quatorze litres de cidre ?
  2. Armé d'un chalumeau, le gnome absorbait à même le ruisseau la boisson répandue. C'était grotesque, révoltant.

This word in other languages

swallow up(English)sorber(Español)verschlingen(Deutsch)sorver(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abbsorber
  • abosrber
  • absobrer
  • absorbber
  • absorberr
  • absorbre
  • absorebr
  • absorrber
  • absrober
  • abssorber
  • asborber
  • basorber

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

abbsorber1abosrber2absobrer2absorbber1absorberr1absorbre2absorebr2absorrber1
Edit distance from "absorber"

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 "absorber"?
"absorber" is spelled A-B-S-O-R-B-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ap.sɔʁ.be\.
What does "absorber" mean?
As a verb, "absorber" means: Faire pénétrer en soi, assimiler.
What words are commonly confused with "absorber"?
"absorber" is commonly confused with "absorbés", "aborder", "absorbé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "absorber"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "absorber" is \ap.sɔʁ.be\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "absorber" come from?
"absorber" 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 "absorber", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

éruption#11,694vampires#11,685trouvées#11,682traitées#11,681

Similar misspelling depth

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

agitation12 variantsaméliorée12 variantstraction12 variantscouvrant12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list