aliéner

\a.lje.ne\

/\a.lje.ne\/ verb

The verdict

“aliéner” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,236. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,236
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Transférer à un autre la propriété d’un fonds ou de ce qui tient lieu de fonds.

Corpus desk

Index FR-aliener · aliéner · French

aliéner · rank #36,236 · 10 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,236
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH alegre

Nearest frequency peer: alegre (-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 « aliéner »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « aliéner » 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).

aliéner vs Aline
57% similar
aliéner vs amener
57% similar
aliéner vs aliens
57% similar

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

Key facts for aliéner
PropertyValue
Headwordaliéner
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.lje.ne\
Letters7
Frequency rank#36,236
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « aliéner »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.aliénerse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « alegre » (#36,235), « allouée » (#36,237), « allégorique » (#36,238). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « aliéner » est au #36,236. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around aliéner (IPA \a.lje.ne\), averb. Corpus frequency is #36,236 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for aliéner, with forms such as "ailéner", "aliener", and "alinéer". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "Aline", "amener", "aliens", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is aliéner, spelled A-L-I-É-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Transférer à un autre la propriété d’un fonds ou de ce qui tient lieu de fonds.
  2. 2
    Faire perdre l’affection, la sympathie de quelqu’un.
  3. 3
    Se priver de quelque chose, perdre sa volonté, sa liberté.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cette manière de raisonner fait un peu penser à ce qui existe déjà à propos de ce que l’on appelle la « domanialité publique » , c’est-à-dire la forme particulière de propriété dont bénéficient les personnes sur les biens affectés à l’usage d’un service public. L’État et les collectivités territoriales doivent prendre en compte que ces biens sont « affect…
  2. Selon lui, la principauté de Cochin était tributaire, vassale du royaume de Mysore ; en conséquence aucune portion du territoire n'en pouvait être légalement aliénée, sans le consentement du souverain de ce dernier pays.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ailéner
  • aliener
  • alinéer
  • aliéenr
  • aliénerr
  • aliénner
  • aliénre
  • alliéner
  • aléiner
  • laiéner

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ailéner2aliener1alinéer2aliéenr2aliénerr1aliénner1aliénre2alliéner1
Edit distance from "aliéner"

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 "aliéner"?
"aliéner" is spelled A-L-I-É-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.lje.ne\.
What does "aliéner" mean?
As a verb, "aliéner" means: Transférer à un autre la propriété d’un fonds ou de ce qui tient lieu de fonds.
What words are commonly confused with "aliéner"?
"aliéner" is commonly confused with "Aline", "amener", "aliens". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aliéner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aliéner" 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 "aliéner" come from?
"aliéner" 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 "aliéner", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list