abstract
\abs.tʁakt\
The verdict
“abstract” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #42,712 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #42,712
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Analyse succincte d’un ouvrage.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abstract |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \abs.tʁakt\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #42,712 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “abstract” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for abstract is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \abs.tʁakt\. Corpus data places it at rank #42,712 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Analyse succincte d’un ouvrage.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for abstract, with forms such as "abbstract", "absrtact", and "absstract". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "abstrait", "abstraite", "abstraits", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is abstract, spelled A-B-S-T-R-A-C-T.
Definition
- 1Analyse succincte d’un ouvrage.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: abbstract,absrtact,absstract,abstarct,abstracct,abstractt,abstratc,abstrcat,abstrract,absttract,abtsract,asbtract,bastract
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of abstract - 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.
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.
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Using “abstract”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-B-S-T-R-A-C-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \abs.tʁakt\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “abstrait” - see the side-by-side comparison. abstract vs abstrait
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.