alerte

\a.lɛʁt\

/\a.lɛʁt\/ adj

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The verdict

“alerte” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,907. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,907
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui se tient sur ses gardes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-alerte · alerte · French

alerte · rank #2,907 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,907
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH 2e

Nearest frequency peer: 2e (-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 « alerte »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « alerte » 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).

alerte vs arte
67% similar
alerte vs avéré
33% similar
alerte vs amère
50% similar

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

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

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « alerte »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).alertese 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 « 2e » (#2,906), « architecture » (#2,908), « baiser » (#2,909). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « alerte » est au #2,907. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around alerte (IPA \a.lɛʁt\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,907 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 alerte, with forms such as "aelrte", "aleret", and "alerrte". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "arte", "avéré", "amère", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is alerte, spelled A-L-E-R-T-E.

Definition

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On ne le surprendra pas aisément, il est toujours alerte.
  2. Jambes, membres alertes.

This word in other languages

alert(English)alerta(Español)wachsam(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aelrte
  • aleret
  • alerrte
  • alertte
  • aletre
  • allerte
  • alrete
  • laerte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aelrte2aleret2alerrte1alertte1aletre2allerte1alrete2laerte2
Edit distance from "alerte"

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 "alerte"?
"alerte" is spelled A-L-E-R-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.lɛʁt\.
What does "alerte" mean?
As an adjective, "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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

baiser#2,909bourse#2,910connus#2,914crimes#2,916

Similar misspelling depth

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

cycle8 variantsroyale8 variantsdouche8 variantspousser8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list