aiguiser

\ɛ.ɡi.ze\

/\ɛ.ɡi.ze\/ verb

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The verdict

“aiguiser” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,643. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,643
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-aiguiser · aiguiser · French

aiguiser · rank #37,643 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #37,643
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH agréer

Nearest frequency peer: agréer (-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 « aiguiser »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « aiguiser » 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).

aiguiser vs aiguiller
78% similar

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

Key facts for aiguiser
PropertyValue
Headwordaiguiser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ.ɡi.ze\
Letters8
Frequency rank#37,643
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « aiguiser »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).aiguiserse 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 « agréer » (#37,642), « allèrent » (#37,644), « affranchissement » (#37,641). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « aiguiser » est au #37,643. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around aiguiser (IPA \ɛ.ɡi.ze\), averb. Corpus frequency is #37,643 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for aiguiser, with forms such as "agiuiser", "aigguiser", and "aigiuser". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "aiguiller", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is aiguiser, spelled A-I-G-U-I-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rendre aigu.
  2. 2
    Augmenter de manière à rendre plus efficace, voire plus menaçant.
  3. 3
    Rendre plus vif, plus concentré.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Aiguiser le fer d’une lance. — Aiguiser la pointe d’un couteau, le tranchant d’un sabre.
  2. Aiguiser un sabre, un couteau, des ciseaux. — Aiguiser des coins de fer.

Synonyms

émoudre

This word in other languages

sharpen(English)afilar(Español)schleifen(Deutsch)afiar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agiuiser
  • aigguiser
  • aigiuser
  • aiguiesr
  • aiguiserr
  • aiguisre
  • aiguisser
  • aigusier
  • aiugiser
  • iaguiser

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

agiuiser2aigguiser1aigiuser2aiguiesr2aiguiserr1aiguisre2aiguisser1aigusier2
Edit distance from "aiguiser"

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 "aiguiser"?
"aiguiser" is spelled A-I-G-U-I-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ.ɡi.ze\.
What does "aiguiser" mean?
As a verb, "aiguiser" means: Rendre aigu.
What words are commonly confused with "aiguiser"?
"aiguiser" is commonly confused with "aiguiller". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aiguiser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aiguiser" is \ɛ.ɡi.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aiguiser" come from?
"aiguiser" 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 "aiguiser", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

allèrent#37,644amadouer#37,648admirait#37,634annulent#37,654

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

advenir10 variantsandouille10 variantsanimals10 variantsabstenu10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list