alignement

\a.li.ɲə.mɑ̃\

/\a.li.ɲə.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“alignement” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,985. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,985
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’aligner.

Corpus desk

Index FR-alignement · alignement · French

alignement · rank #10,985 · 15 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,985
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH accession

Nearest frequency peer: accession (-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 « alignement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « alignement » 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).

alignement vs alignent
80% similar
alignement vs alignements
91% similar

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

Key facts for alignement
PropertyValue
Headwordalignement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.li.ɲə.mɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#10,985
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « alignement »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).alignementse 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 « accession » (#10,984), « alla » (#10,986), « accessibilité » (#10,983). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « alignement » est au #10,985. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around alignement (IPA \a.li.ɲə.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,985 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for alignement, with forms such as "ailgnement", "alginement", and "aligenment". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "alignent", "alignements", 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, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is alignement, spelled A-L-I-G-N-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’aligner.
  2. 2
    Ligne indiquée par les services de la voirie pour la direction d’une rue.
  3. 3
    Ligne d’objets, placé selon une orientation voulue.
  4. 4
    Mise en rangs d'une troupe.
  5. 5
    Procédé qui consiste à disposer des séquences de nucléotides ou d’acides aminés les unes au-dessous des autres afin de les comparer.
  6. 6
    Fait de positionner un élément d’une certaine façon par rapport aux autres.
  7. 7
    Le fait, pour une intelligence artificielle, d’agir en accord avec les valeurs morales et intentions voulues par ses créateurs et créatrices.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Alignement des livres dans une bibliothèque, des allées dans un jardin.
  2. Prendre des alignements : Il a mal pris ses alignements.

Antonyms

désalignementmésalignementnon-alignement

This word in other languages

alignment(English)alineamiento(Español)Zeile(Deutsch)alinhamento(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ailgnement
  • alginement
  • aligenment
  • aliggnement
  • aligneemnt
  • alignemennt
  • alignementt
  • alignemetn
  • alignemment
  • alignemnet
  • alignmeent
  • alignnement
  • alingement
  • allignement
  • laignement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ailgnement2alginement2aligenment2aliggnement1aligneemnt2alignemennt1alignementt1alignemetn2
Edit distance from "alignement"

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 "alignement"?
"alignement" is spelled A-L-I-G-N-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a.li.ɲə.mɑ̃\.
What does "alignement" mean?
As a noun, "alignement" means: Action d’aligner.
What words are commonly confused with "alignement"?
"alignement" is commonly confused with "alignent", "alignements". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "alignement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alignement" is \a.li.ɲə.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alignement" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

abstention#10,982animateurs#10,988antérieure#10,989assistants#10,994

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

dynamiques15 variantsdéveloppées15 variantsexcellentes15 variantsinterrompre15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list