aigle

\ɛɡl\

/\ɛɡl\/ noun

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The verdict

“aigle” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,110. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,110
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Oiseau de proie rapace diurne à la vue perçante, au bec crochu à bords tranchants et aux pattes puissantes munies de serres pour saisir leurs proies. Il trompète ou glatit lorsqu’il pousse son cri.

Corpus desk

Index FR-aigle · aigle · French

aigle · rank #9,110 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,110
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH admiration

Nearest frequency peer: admiration (-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 « aigle »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « aigle » 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).

aigle vs ail
60% similar
aigle vs ale
60% similar
aigle vs aimé
40% similar

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

Key facts for aigle
PropertyValue
Headwordaigle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛɡl\
Letters5
Frequency rank#9,110
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « aigle »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).aiglese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « admiration » (#9,109), « allocations » (#9,111), « amendes » (#9,112). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « aigle » est au #9,110. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around aigle (IPA \ɛɡl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,110 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for aigle, with forms such as "aigel", "aiggle", and "aiglle". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ail", "ale", "aimé", and more, 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is aigle, spelled A-I-G-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Oiseau de proie rapace diurne à la vue perçante, au bec crochu à bords tranchants et aux pattes puissantes munies de serres pour saisir leurs proies. Il trompète ou glatit lorsqu’il pousse son cri.
  2. 2
    Homme de génie, qui a un esprit, un talent supérieur.
  3. 3
    Pupitre d’église représentant un aigle, le rapace, aux ailes étendues.
  4. 4
    Emblème des légions romaines, devenu symbole impérial sous Napoléon.
  5. 5
    Trou joué deux (2) coups sous le par.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. J’ai aperçu un aigle noir.
  2. Le vol de l’aigle n’est pas un vol battu.

This word in other languages

eagle(English)águila(Español)Adler(Deutsch)águia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aigel
  • aiggle
  • aiglle
  • ailge
  • iagle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aigle - 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.

aigel2aiggle1aiglle1ailge2iagle2
Edit distance from "aigle"

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 "aigle"?
"aigle" is spelled A-I-G-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛɡl\.
What does "aigle" mean?
As a noun, "aigle" means: Oiseau de proie rapace diurne à la vue perçante, au bec crochu à bords tranchants et aux pattes puissantes munies de serres pour saisir leurs proies. Il trompète ou glatit lorsqu’il pousse son cri.
What words are commonly confused with "aigle"?
"aigle" is commonly confused with "ail", "ale", "aimé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aigle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aigle" is \ɛɡl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aigle" come from?
"aigle" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

Danny5 variantsGreg5 variantsjouet5 variantsjura5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list