ajuste

\a.ʒyst\

/\a.ʒyst\/ noun

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The verdict

“ajuste” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,685. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,685
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de réunir par un nœud les bouts de deux cordages ou d’un cordage cassé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ajuste · ajuste · French

ajuste · rank #27,685 · 8 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,685
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH allergiques

Nearest frequency peer: allergiques (+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 « ajuste »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ajuste » 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).

ajuste vs amusé
50% similar
ajuste vs Aoste
50% similar
ajuste vs amusée
67% similar

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

Key facts for ajuste
PropertyValue
Headwordajuste
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.ʒyst\
Letters6
Frequency rank#27,685
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ajuste »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.ajustese 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 « allergiques » (#27,686), « agendas » (#27,683), « AMF » (#27,687). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « ajuste » est au #27,685. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around ajuste (IPA \a.ʒyst\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,685 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for ajuste, with forms such as "ajjuste", "ajsute", and "ajuset". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "amusé", "Aoste", "amusée", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 ajuste, spelled A-J-U-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de réunir par un nœud les bouts de deux cordages ou d’un cordage cassé.
  2. 2
    Nœud où ces deux cordages sont attachés l’un au bout de l’autre.

Synonyms

aboutagenœud d’ajut

This word in other languages

bend(English)ayuste(Español)knote(Deutsch)ajuste(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ajjuste
  • ajsute
  • ajuset
  • ajusste
  • ajustte
  • ajutse
  • aujste
  • jauste

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ajjuste1ajsute2ajuset2ajusste1ajustte1ajutse2aujste2jauste2
Edit distance from "ajuste"

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 "ajuste"?
"ajuste" is spelled A-J-U-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ʒyst\.
What does "ajuste" mean?
As a noun, "ajuste" means: Action de réunir par un nœud les bouts de deux cordages ou d’un cordage cassé.
What words are commonly confused with "ajuste"?
"ajuste" is commonly confused with "amusé", "Aoste", "amusée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ajuste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ajuste" is \a.ʒyst\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ajuste" come from?
"ajuste" 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 "ajuste", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

acuité#27,680abolie#27,676astral#27,700cabaye#27,714

Similar misspelling depth

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

abcès8 variantsarrosée8 variantséther8 variantsaviaire8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list