aigreur

\ɛ.ɡʁœʁ\

/\ɛ.ɡʁœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“aigreur” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,764. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,764
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualité de ce qui est aigre, acide, notamment pour un aliment.

Corpus desk

Index FR-aigreur · aigreur · French

aigreur · rank #43,764 · 9 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,764
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ahuntsic

Nearest frequency peer: Ahuntsic (-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 « aigreur »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « aigreur » 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).

aigreur vs aigre
71% similar
aigreur vs agréer
57% similar

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

Key facts for aigreur
PropertyValue
Headwordaigreur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ.ɡʁœʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#43,764
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « aigreur »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).aigreurse 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 « Ahuntsic » (#43,763), « allongent » (#43,765), « affranchit » (#43,761). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « aigreur » est au #43,764. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around aigreur (IPA \ɛ.ɡʁœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,764 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for aigreur, with forms such as "agireur", "aigerur", and "aiggreur". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "aigre", "agréer", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is aigreur, spelled A-I-G-R-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qualité de ce qui est aigre, acide, notamment pour un aliment.
  2. 2
    Renvois que causent quelquefois les aliments mal digérés, et, dans ce sens, on l’emploie plus ordinairement au pluriel qu’au singulier.
  3. 3
    État d’esprit qui pervertit l’humeur (qui la ronge comme un acide) ; et qui lorsqu’elle s'exprime mène à proférer des paroles méchantes.
  4. 4
    Tailles où l’eau-forte a trop mordu.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Des fruits qui ont de l’aigreur, qui ont une petite aigreur.
  2. Ce vin a de l’aigreur.

This word in other languages

acidity(English)acritud(Español)Säuregehalt(Deutsch)acidez(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agireur
  • aigerur
  • aiggreur
  • aigreru
  • aigreurr
  • aigrreur
  • aigruer
  • airgeur
  • iagreur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

agireur2aigerur2aiggreur1aigreru2aigreurr1aigrreur1aigruer2airgeur2
Edit distance from "aigreur"

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 "aigreur"?
"aigreur" is spelled A-I-G-R-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ.ɡʁœʁ\.
What does "aigreur" mean?
As a noun, "aigreur" means: Qualité de ce qui est aigre, acide, notamment pour un aliment.
What words are commonly confused with "aigreur"?
"aigreur" is commonly confused with "aigre", "agréer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aigreur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aigreur" is \ɛ.ɡʁœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aigreur" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

antigua#43,769assidue#43,780assidus#43,781Aubenas#43,786

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

arrivage9 variantsassumera9 variantswindow9 variantsballast9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list