aigre

\ɛɡʁ\

/\ɛɡʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“aigre” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,810. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,810
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a une saveur acide et amère provoquant un sentiment désagréable.

Corpus desk

Index FR-aigre · aigre · French

aigre · rank #31,810 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,810
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH agrippa

Nearest frequency peer: agrippa (-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 « aigre »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « aigre » 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).

aigre vs air
60% similar
aigre vs are
60% similar
aigre vs aimé
40% similar

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

Key facts for aigre
PropertyValue
Headwordaigre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛɡʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#31,810
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « aigre »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.aigrese 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 « agrippa » (#31,809), « aimerez » (#31,811), « agrandie » (#31,808). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « aigre » est au #31,810. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around aigre (IPA \ɛɡʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #31,810 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for aigre, with forms such as "agire", "aiger", and "aiggre". 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, "air", "are", "aimé", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is aigre, spelled A-I-G-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a une saveur acide et amère provoquant un sentiment désagréable.
  2. 2
    Se dit d’un propos désagréable, acerbe.
  3. 3
    Se dit également d’un caractère ou de la personne elle-même.
  4. 4
    Se dit aussi, d’autres sensations désagréables, perçantes.
  5. 5
    Désigne des couleurs qui ne sont pas liées par des passages qui les accordent.
  6. 6
    Métaux qui ne sont pas ductiles et malléables, qui se désagrègent lorsqu’on les déforme.
  7. 7
    Désigne des planches dures et qui se laissent difficilement tailler par les outils ; de même, les outils sont aigres quand ils sont trempés trop dur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La saveur aigre peut être liée aux acides lactique, acétique ou succinique.
  2. Elle a eu, envers lui, d’aigres paroles.

Synonyms

acerbeacideâcreamerpiquantsursuretacerbeacideâcreamerpiquant

Antonyms

douxsucré

This word in other languages

sour(English)agrio(Español)herb(Deutsch)acre(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agire
  • aiger
  • aiggre
  • aigrre
  • airge
  • iagre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

agire2aiger2aiggre1aigrre1airge2iagre2
Edit distance from "aigre"

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 "aigre"?
"aigre" is spelled A-I-G-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛɡʁ\.
What does "aigre" mean?
As an adjective, "aigre" means: Qui a une saveur acide et amère provoquant un sentiment désagréable.
What words are commonly confused with "aigre"?
"aigre" is commonly confused with "air", "are", "aimé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aigre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aigre" is \ɛɡʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aigre" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

aérer#31,836wanna#31,783Vogel#31,781Barth#31,840

Similar misspelling depth

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

attelle6 variantsbecs6 variantsusuel6 variantscoteau6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list