aimant

\ɛ.mɑ̃\

/\ɛ.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“aimant” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,819. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,819
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Minéral ou composant générant un champ magnétique, dont une des propriétés est d’attirer le fer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-aimant · aimant · French

aimant · rank #10,819 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,819
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH ahah

Nearest frequency peer: ahah (-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 « aimant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « aimant » 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).

aimant vs aman
67% similar
aimant vs avant
67% similar
aimant vs ayant
67% similar

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

Key facts for aimant
PropertyValue
Headwordaimant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ.mɑ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#10,819
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « aimant »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).aimantse 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 « ahah » (#10,818), « allongé » (#10,820), « agresseur » (#10,817). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « aimant » est au #10,819. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around aimant (IPA \ɛ.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,819 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for aimant, with forms such as "aiamnt", "aimannt", and "aimantt". 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, "aman", "avant", "ayant", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is aimant, spelled A-I-M-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Minéral ou composant générant un champ magnétique, dont une des propriétés est d’attirer le fer.
  2. 2
    Objet décoratif aimanté.
  3. 3
    Ce qui attire et attache.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pierre d’aimant. L’aimant communique sa vertu attractive au fer et à l’acier. Aiguille frottée d’aimant.
  2. Du côté de l’Ouest, au bout des lointains, je cherchais des yeux la mer qui, parfois, quand on était allé très loin, montrait au-dessus de ces lignes déjà si planes, une autre petite raie bleuâtre plus complètement droite, — et attirante, attirante à la longue comme un grand aimant patient, sûr de sa puissance et pouvant attendre.

Synonyms

magnetaimantin

This word in other languages

magnet(English)imán(Español)Magnet(Deutsch)íman(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aiamnt
  • aimannt
  • aimantt
  • aimatn
  • aimmant
  • aimnat
  • amiant
  • iamant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aimant - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

aiamnt2aimannt1aimantt1aimatn2aimmant1aimnat2amiant2iamant2
Edit distance from "aimant"

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 "aimant"?
"aimant" is spelled A-I-M-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ.mɑ̃\.
What does "aimant" mean?
As a noun, "aimant" means: Minéral ou composant générant un champ magnétique, dont une des propriétés est d’attirer le fer.
What words are commonly confused with "aimant"?
"aimant" is commonly confused with "aman", "avant", "ayant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aimant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aimant" is \ɛ.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aimant" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

éponge#10,812atouts#10,827égales#10,808Brille#10,831

Similar misspelling depth

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

aboutit8 variantsVénus8 variantsbrique8 variantschienne8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list