aient

\ɛ\

/\ɛ\/ verb

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The verdict

“aient” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,108. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,108
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de avoir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-aient · aient · French

aient · rank #2,108 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,108
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH Vincent

Nearest frequency peer: Vincent (-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 « aient »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « aient » 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).

aient vs ait
60% similar
aient vs aies
60% similar
aient vs amen
60% similar

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

Key facts for aient
PropertyValue
Headwordaient
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,108
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « aient »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.aientse 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 « Vincent » (#2,107), « ambiance » (#2,109), « usine » (#2,106). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « aient » est au #2,108. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around aient (IPA \ɛ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,108 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de avoir.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for aient, with forms such as "aeint", "aiennt", and "aientt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ait", "aies", "amen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is aient, spelled A-I-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de avoir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il semble que les salaires aient été surindexés et qu’une hausse des prix de détail engendre, à long terme, une hausse un peu plus forte du taux de salaire.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aeint
  • aiennt
  • aientt
  • aietn
  • ainet
  • iaent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aient - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

aeint2aiennt1aientt1aietn2ainet2iaent2
Edit distance from "aient"

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 "aient"?
"aient" is spelled A-I-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ\.
What does "aient" mean?
As a verb, "aient" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de avoir.
What words are commonly confused with "aient"?
"aient" is commonly confused with "ait", "aies", "amen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aient"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aient" is \ɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aient" come from?
"aient" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

usine#2,106tours#2,105rares#2,099finit#2,125

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

huile6 variantssoeur6 variantsseine6 variantsoffice6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list