adonner

\a.dɔ.ne\

/\a.dɔ.ne\/ verb

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The verdict

“adonner” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,948. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,948
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tourner dans un sens favorable à la marche d’un voilier, pour le vent ; ce qui permet donc de lofer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-adonner · adonner · French

adonner · rank #26,948 · 8 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,948
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH adobe

Nearest frequency peer: adobe (-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 « adonner »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « adonner » 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).

adonner vs adorer
71% similar
adonner vs adopter
71% similar
adonner vs abonné
57% similar

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

Key facts for adonner
PropertyValue
Headwordadonner
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.dɔ.ne\
Letters7
Frequency rank#26,948
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « adonner »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.adonnerse 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 « adobe » (#26,947), « adorée » (#26,949), « adaptateur » (#26,946). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « adonner » est au #26,948. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around adonner (IPA \a.dɔ.ne\), averb. Corpus frequency is #26,948 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for adonner, with forms such as "addonner", "adnoner", and "adonenr". 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. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "adorer", "adopter", "abonné", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is adonner, spelled A-D-O-N-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tourner dans un sens favorable à la marche d’un voilier, pour le vent ; ce qui permet donc de lofer.
  2. 2
    Se trouver par hasard ou par heureuse coïncidence.
  3. 3
    Convenir ; être adéquat.
  4. 4
    S’adonner.
  5. 5
    S’appliquer particulièrement à quelque chose, s’y livrer avec chaleur, s’y plaire habituellement.
  6. 6
    S’entendre l’un avec l’autre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le vent adonne pour un navire à voiles quand il tourne dans un sens favorable à la marche, c’est à dire quand il vient plus à l’arrière.
  2. Le vent adonne de plus en plus passant au nord, et c'est vent arrière que nous marchons à toute vitesse avec la machine et les voiles dans un chenal assez large, au milieu de la banquise.

Antonyms

refuser

This word in other languages

darse(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • addonner
  • adnoner
  • adonenr
  • adoner
  • adonnerr
  • adonnre
  • aodnner
  • daonner

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

addonner1adnoner2adonenr2adoner1adonnerr1adonnre2aodnner2daonner2
Edit distance from "adonner"

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 "adonner"?
"adonner" is spelled A-D-O-N-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.dɔ.ne\.
What does "adonner" mean?
As a verb, "adonner" means: Tourner dans un sens favorable à la marche d’un voilier, pour le vent ; ce qui permet donc de lofer.
What words are commonly confused with "adonner"?
"adonner" is commonly confused with "adorer", "adopter", "abonné". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "adonner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "adonner" is \a.dɔ.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "adonner" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

agraire#26,951apprise#26,962arguant#26,963averses#26,970

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

adorée8 variantsamante8 variantsAmédée8 variantsweaver8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list