ajuster

\a.ʒys.te\

/\a.ʒys.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“ajuster” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,307. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,307
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Accommoder une chose, l’adapter à une autre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ajuster · ajuster · French

ajuster · rank #13,307 · 10 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,307
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH adjoints

Nearest frequency peer: adjoints (-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 « ajuster »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ajuster » 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).

ajuster vs amuser
71% similar
ajuster vs ajustés
71% similar
ajuster vs abuser
71% similar

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

Key facts for ajuster
PropertyValue
Headwordajuster
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.ʒys.te\
Letters7
Frequency rank#13,307
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ajuster »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).ajusterse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « adjoints » (#13,306), « aligner » (#13,308), « abat » (#13,305). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « ajuster » est au #13,307. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around ajuster (IPA \a.ʒys.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #13,307 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for ajuster, with forms such as "ajjuster", "ajsuter", and "ajusetr". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "amuser", "ajustés", "abuser", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 ajuster, spelled A-J-U-S-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Accommoder une chose, l’adapter à une autre.
  2. 2
    Accorder, concilier.
  3. 3
    Concerter, convenir.
  4. 4
    Rendre un poids ou une mesure juste, conforme à l’étalon.
  5. 5
    Rendre juste un appareil de mesure.
  6. 6
    Mettre une chose en état de bien faire son effet.
  7. 7
    Viser juste.
  8. 8
    Embellir par des ajustements.
  9. 9
    Embellir sa parure dans l’habillement.
  10. 10
    S’habiller.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Plusieurs pensées se présentèrent ensemble à son esprit et s’ajustèrent. Elle en conçut une vive inquiétude que rien, cependant, ne vint trahir sur son visage.
  2. Benjamin prit place dans la bulle, à côté du pilote, ajusta son casque de vol et régla le laryngophone, […].

Antonyms

désajuster

This word in other languages

adjust(English)ajustar(Español)adaptieren(Deutsch)ajustar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ajjuster
  • ajsuter
  • ajusetr
  • ajusster
  • ajusterr
  • ajustre
  • ajustter
  • ajutser
  • aujster
  • jauster

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ajjuster1ajsuter2ajusetr2ajusster1ajusterr1ajustre2ajustter1ajutser2
Edit distance from "ajuster"

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 "ajuster"?
"ajuster" is spelled A-J-U-S-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ʒys.te\.
What does "ajuster" mean?
As a verb, "ajuster" means: Accommoder une chose, l’adapter à une autre.
What words are commonly confused with "ajuster"?
"ajuster" is commonly confused with "amuser", "ajustés", "abuser". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ajuster"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ajuster" is \a.ʒys.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ajuster" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

aligner#13,308amènent#13,309ancêtre#13,311votants#13,295

Similar misspelling depth

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

apportée10 variantsattirant10 variantsbarbare10 variantscalcium10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list