aliéné

\a.lje.ne\

/\a.lje.ne\/ adj

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The verdict

“aliéné” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,113. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,113
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sous une emprise impérieuse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-aliene · aliéné · French

aliéné · rank #41,113 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,113
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH Alembert

Nearest frequency peer: Alembert (-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 « aliéné »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « aliéné » 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).

aliéné vs amène
33% similar
aliéné vs Allen
33% similar
aliéné vs arène
33% similar

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

Key facts for aliéné
PropertyValue
Headwordaliéné
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\a.lje.ne\
Letters6
Frequency rank#41,113
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « aliéné »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.aliénése 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 « Alembert » (#41,112), « affligé » (#41,111), « allocataires » (#41,115). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « aliéné » est au #41,113. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around aliéné (IPA \a.lje.ne\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #41,113 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Sous une emprise impérieuse.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for aliéné, with forms such as "ailéné", "aliene", and "alinéé". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "amène", "Allen", "arène", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is aliéné, spelled A-L-I-É-N-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sous une emprise impérieuse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il est aliéné à son travail.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ailéné
  • aliene
  • alinéé
  • aliénné
  • aliéén
  • alliéné
  • aléiné
  • laiéné

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ailéné2aliene2alinéé2aliénné1aliéén2alliéné1aléiné2laiéné2
Edit distance from "aliéné"

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 "aliéné"?
"aliéné" is spelled A-L-I-É-N-É. The IPA pronunciation is \a.lje.ne\.
What does "aliéné" mean?
As an adjective, "aliéné" means: Sous une emprise impérieuse.
What words are commonly confused with "aliéné"?
"aliéné" is commonly confused with "amène", "Allen", "arène". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aliéné"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aliéné" is \a.lje.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aliéné" come from?
"aliéné" 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 "aliéné", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

appeal#41,123acabit#41,099aubier#41,133Aumale#41,135

Similar misspelling depth

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

apposée8 variantséchoua8 variantsBerck8 variantsvinyl8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list