abstinence

\ap.sti.nɑ̃s\

/\ap.sti.nɑ̃s\/ noun

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The verdict

“abstinence” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,834. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,834
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
15
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de s’abstenir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-abstinence · abstinence · French

abstinence · rank #24,834 · 15 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,834
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH 5G

Nearest frequency peer: 5G (-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 « abstinence »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « abstinence » 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
Key facts for abstinence
PropertyValue
Headwordabstinence
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ap.sti.nɑ̃s\
Letters10
Frequency rank#24,834
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « abstinence »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).abstinencese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « 5G » (#24,833), « abîmer » (#24,835), « 3M » (#24,832). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « abstinence » est au #24,834. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around abstinence (IPA \ap.sti.nɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,834 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for abstinence, with forms such as "abbstinence", "absitnence", and "absstinence". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is abstinence, spelled A-B-S-T-I-N-E-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de s’abstenir.
  2. 2
    Action de s'abstenir du boire et du manger.
  3. 3
    Abstention de relations sexuelles.
  4. 4
    Privations ordonnées par l’Église.
  5. 5
    Privation de viande recommandée par l’Église catholique les vendredis durant le Carême.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Certains médecins (Emmanuel Palomino à Jonzac…) qui ont compris depuis longtemps que l’abstinence est la solution la plus efficace et la plus élégante de l’alcoolodépendance, la présentent chaleureusement à leurs patients, sans la moindre gêne, avec une terminologie adaptée (« Zéro alcool »), parce que l’important n’est pas la peau, mais l’entité, la chai…
  2. Rasé, en sabots et rêche tenue verdâtre, avec casquette de cuir coiffant sa calvitie, il passa de l’absinthe à l’abstinence, du péquet au piquet, de l’éthylisme à l’ascétisme.

This word in other languages

abstinence(English)abstinencia(Español)Abstinenz(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abbstinence
  • absitnence
  • absstinence
  • abstiennce
  • abstinecne
  • abstinencce
  • abstinenec
  • abstinennce
  • abstinnece
  • abstinnence
  • abstnience
  • absttinence
  • abtsinence
  • asbtinence
  • bastinence

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

abbstinence1absitnence2absstinence1abstiennce2abstinecne2abstinencce1abstinenec2abstinennce1
Edit distance from "abstinence"

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 "abstinence"?
"abstinence" is spelled A-B-S-T-I-N-E-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ap.sti.nɑ̃s\.
What does "abstinence" mean?
As a noun, "abstinence" means: Action de s’abstenir.
What are common misspellings of "abstinence"?
Common misspellings include "abbstinence", "absitnence", "absstinence", "abstiennce", "abstinecne". The correct spelling is "abstinence".
How do you pronounce "abstinence"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abstinence" is \ap.sti.nɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abstinence" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "abstinence", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list