Albert

\al.bɛʁ\

/\al.bɛʁ\/ name

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The verdict

“Albert” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,588. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,588
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-albert · Albert · French

Albert · rank #3,588 · 8 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,588
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH all

Nearest frequency peer: all (+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 « Albert »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Albert » 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).

Albert vs aller
50% similar
Albert vs alger
50% similar
Albert vs amber
50% similar

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

Key facts for Albert
PropertyValue
HeadwordAlbert
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\al.bɛʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,588
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Albert »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Albertse 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 « all » (#3,589), « adversaire » (#3,586), « adam » (#3,585). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « Albert » est au #3,588. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Albert (IPA \al.bɛʁ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #3,588 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Albert, with forms such as "ablert", "albbert", and "alberrt". 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, "aller", "alger", "amber", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Albert, spelled A-L-B-E-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Frédéric Albert, Président de l’Institut Think, le confirme : « L’accueil des nouveaux salariés est un défi pour les managers ».

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ablert
  • albbert
  • alberrt
  • albertt
  • albetr
  • alebrt
  • allbert
  • labert

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Albert - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ablert2albbert1alberrt1albertt1albetr2alebrt2allbert1labert2
Edit distance from "Albert"

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 "Albert"?
"Albert" is spelled A-L-B-E-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is \al.bɛʁ\.
What does "Albert" mean?
As a proper noun, "Albert" means: Nom de famille.
What words are commonly confused with "Albert"?
"Albert" is commonly confused with "aller", "alger", "amber". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Albert"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Albert" is \al.bɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Albert" come from?
"Albert" 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 "Albert", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Design#3,604fondée#3,612prévue#3,561passés#3,556

Similar misspelling depth

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

êtres8 variantscensé8 variantsverts8 variantsguerres8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list