acrobate
\a.kʁɔ.bat\
The verdict
“acrobate” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,626. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,626
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Artiste de cirque, danseur, (ou danseuse) de corde qui exécute des tours d’agilité devant un public populaire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-acrobate · acrobate · French
acrobate · rank #41,626 · 11 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #41,626
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH accoutrement
Nearest frequency peer: accoutrement (-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 « acrobate »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- accentuant
accentuant
58,377 corpus weight
- accoutrement
accoutrement
58,376 corpus weight
- acrobate
acrobate
58,375 corpus weight
- acrobaties
acrobaties
58,374 corpus weight
- adj
adj
58,373 corpus weight
- administrat…
administratrice
58,372 corpus weight
What this shows « acrobate » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | acrobate |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.kʁɔ.bat\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #41,626 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « acrobate »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around acrobate (IPA \a.kʁɔ.bat\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,626 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for acrobate, with forms such as "accrobate", "acorbate", and "acrboate". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "acrobates", "acrobaties", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is acrobate, spelled A-C-R-O-B-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Artiste de cirque, danseur, (ou danseuse) de corde qui exécute des tours d’agilité devant un public populaire.
- 2Illusionniste, imposteur, demi-savant suffisant, plein d’assurance ou de mépris pour les spécialistes confirmés.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how acrobate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Léotard, le célèbre acrobate, était atteint de la petite vérole. Chez cet athlète, alors dans la force de l’âge, la maladie avait pris tout d’un coup une violence extrême. Il délirait sans repos.
Cependant, la jeune acrobate continuait ses tours subtils et périlleux. Elle marchait sur les mains, la jupe retournée, les pieds pendants en avant de la tête, entre des épées tranchantes et de longues pointes aiguës.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- accrobate
- acorbate
- acrboate
- acroabte
- acrobaet
- acrobatte
- acrobbate
- acrobtae
- acrrobate
- arcobate
- carobate
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of acrobate - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).