abstrait

/\ap.stʁɛ\/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,187

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

abstrait is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui n’est pas concret, qui n'est pas réel ou qui relève de l’abstraction. Pronounced \ap.stʁɛ\. Often confused with attrait and assurait.

Key facts for abstrait
PropertyValue
Headwordabstrait
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\ap.stʁɛ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#14,187
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of abstrait in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for abstrait is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ap.stʁɛ\. Corpus data places it at rank #14,187 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for abstrait, with forms such as "abbstrait", "absrtait", and "absstrait". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "attrait", "assurait", "abstraite", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is abstrait, spelled A-B-S-T-R-A-I-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui n’est pas concret, qui n'est pas réel ou qui relève de l’abstraction.
  2. 2
    Abstrait d’une ou plusieurs collections d’objets, soit imaginées soit concrètes, en parlant d’une qualité ou d’un concept considéré tout seul, séparé de son origine.
  3. 3
    Se dit d’un art, par opposition à figuratif, qui ne représente rien existant dans le monde connu.
  4. 4
    Qui est difficile à saisir, à pénétrer.
  5. 5
    Nom signifiant une idée abstraite.
  6. 6
    Dans certains langages, se dit d’une classe qui n’est que partiellement définie.

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abbstrait,absrtait,absstrait,abstarit,abstraitt,abstrati,abstriat,abstrrait,absttrait,abtsrait,asbtrait,bastrait

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for abstrait

Misspelling Variants of "abstrait"

abbstrait9absrtait8absstrait9abstarit8abstraitt9abstrati8abstriat8abstrrait9
Misspelling Variants of "abstrait"

Frequency rank: #14,187 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abstrait"?
"abstrait" is spelled A-B-S-T-R-A-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ap.stʁɛ\.
What does "abstrait" mean?
As an adj, "abstrait" means: Qui n’est pas concret, qui n'est pas réel ou qui relève de l’abstraction.
What words are commonly confused with "abstrait"?
"abstrait" is commonly confused with "attrait", "assurait", "abstraite". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "abstrait"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abstrait" is \ap.stʁɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abstrait" come from?
"abstrait" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.