alentour

/\a.lɑ̃.tuʁ\/ adv

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#17,863

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

alentour is anFrenchadv. It means: Aux environs. Pronounced \a.lɑ̃.tuʁ\. Often confused with alentours.

Key facts for alentour
PropertyValue
Headwordalentour
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdv
IPA\a.lɑ̃.tuʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#17,863
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of alentour in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for alentour is 8 letters long, classified as anadv, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.lɑ̃.tuʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #17,863 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Aux environs.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for alentour, with forms such as "aelntour", "alenntour", and "alenotur". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "alentours", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is alentour, spelled A-L-E-N-T-O-U-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Aux environs.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aelntour,alenntour,alenotur,alentoru,alentourr,alenttour,alentuor,aletnour,allentour,alnetour,laentour

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for alentour

Misspelling Variants of "alentour"

aelntour8alenntour9alenotur8alentoru8alentourr9alenttour9alentuor8aletnour8
Misspelling Variants of "alentour"

Frequency rank: #17,863 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alentour"?
"alentour" is spelled A-L-E-N-T-O-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.lɑ̃.tuʁ\.
What does "alentour" mean?
As an adv, "alentour" means: Aux environs.
What words are commonly confused with "alentour"?
"alentour" is commonly confused with "alentours". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "alentour"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alentour" is \a.lɑ̃.tuʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alentour" come from?
"alentour" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.