Aignan

name

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The verdict

“Aignan” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,540. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,540
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-aignan · Aignan · French

Aignan · rank #16,540 · 8 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,540
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH agathe

Nearest frequency peer: agathe (-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 « Aignan »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Aignan » 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).

Aignan vs Avignon
71% similar
Aignan vs alignant
63% similar
Aignan vs afghan
50% similar

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

Key facts for Aignan
PropertyValue
HeadwordAignan
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters6
Frequency rank#16,540
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Aignan »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Aignanse 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 « agathe » (#16,539), « Alison » (#16,541), « affectent » (#16,538). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « Aignan » est au #16,540. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Aignan, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #16,540 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Aignan, with forms such as "aginan", "aigann", and "aiggnan". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Avignon", "alignant", "afghan", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Aignan, spelled A-I-G-N-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Aignan reçut l’ordre de porter la surveillance la plus sévère sur le lieu où étaient cachées les plus grandes ressources de l’ex-gouverneur.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aginan
  • aigann
  • aiggnan
  • aignann
  • aignna
  • aignnan
  • aingan
  • iagnan

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aginan2aigann2aiggnan1aignann1aignna2aignnan1aingan2iagnan2
Edit distance from "Aignan"

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 "Aignan"?
"Aignan" is spelled A-I-G-N-A-N.
What does "Aignan" mean?
As a proper noun, "Aignan" means: Nom de famille.
What words are commonly confused with "Aignan"?
"Aignan" is commonly confused with "Avignon", "alignant", "afghan". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Aignan" come from?
"Aignan" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

agathe#16,539Alison#16,541apprit#16,546Bachar#16,553

Similar misspelling depth

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

Bieber8 variantsÉmilie8 variantscatch8 variantschelou8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list