alerte

/\a.lɛʁt\/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,907

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

alerte is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui se tient sur ses gardes. Pronounced \a.lɛʁt\. It ranks #2,907 in French word frequency. Often confused with arte and avéré.

Key facts for alerte
PropertyValue
Headwordalerte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\a.lɛʁt\
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,907
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for alerte is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.lɛʁt\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,907 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for alerte, with forms such as "aelrte", "aleret", and "alerrte". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "arte", "avéré", "amère", and more, 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 alerte, spelled A-L-E-R-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui se tient sur ses gardes.
  2. 2
    Qui est prompt, agile et souple.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aelrte,aleret,alerrte,alertte,aletre,allerte,alrete,laerte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for alerte

Misspelling Variants of "alerte"

aelrte6aleret6alerrte7alertte7aletre6allerte7alrete6laerte6
Misspelling Variants of "alerte"

Frequency rank: #2,907 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alerte"?
"alerte" is spelled A-L-E-R-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.lɛʁt\.
What does "alerte" mean?
As an adj, "alerte" means: Qui se tient sur ses gardes.
What words are commonly confused with "alerte"?
"alerte" is commonly confused with "arte", "avéré", "amère". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "alerte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alerte" is \a.lɛʁt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alerte" come from?
"alerte" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.