aigri

\ɛ.ɡʁi\

/\ɛ.ɡʁi\/ adj

The verdict

“aigri” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,264. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,264
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rendu aigre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-aigri · aigri · French

aigri · rank #32,264 · 6 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,264
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH aidants

Nearest frequency peer: aidants (-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 « aigri »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « aigri » 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).

aigri vs air
60% similar
aigri vs aire
60% similar
aigri vs airs
60% similar

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

Key facts for aigri
PropertyValue
Headwordaigri
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ.ɡʁi\
Letters5
Frequency rank#32,264
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « aigri »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).aigrise 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 « aidants » (#32,263), « agronomique » (#32,262), « Alassane » (#32,266). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « aigri » est au #32,264. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around aigri (IPA \ɛ.ɡʁi\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #32,264 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for aigri, with forms such as "agiri", "aiggri", and "aigir". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "air", "aire", "airs", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is aigri, spelled A-I-G-R-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rendu aigre.
  2. 2
    Devenu irritable. Se dit d'une personne que les mauvaises expériences ont rendu amère.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Avec les aliments variés soumis à la fermentation lactique et consommés à l’état cru (tels que lait aigri, képhir, choucroute, concombres salés, etc.), les hommes, depuis des temps immémoriaux, introduisaient dans leur tube digestif des quantités énormes de ferments lactiques.
  2. Sauf l’ultime film Logan qui s’inscrit comme un dernier baroud d’honneur pour Hugh Jackman. C’est là qu’on le voit vieilli, aigri, dépressif, alcoolique, au bout du rouleau… et plus émouvant que jamais.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agiri
  • aiggri
  • aigir
  • aigrri
  • airgi
  • iagri

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

agiri2aiggri1aigir2aigrri1airgi2iagri2
Edit distance from "aigri"

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 "aigri"?
"aigri" is spelled A-I-G-R-I. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ.ɡʁi\.
What does "aigri" mean?
As an adjective, "aigri" means: Rendu aigre.
What words are commonly confused with "aigri"?
"aigri" is commonly confused with "air", "aire", "airs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aigri"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aigri" is \ɛ.ɡʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aigri" come from?
"aigri" 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 "aigri", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list