alimentaire

\a.li.mɑ̃.tɛʁ\

/\a.li.mɑ̃.tɛʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“alimentaire” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,657. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,657
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à l’alimentation, aux aliments.

Corpus desk

Index FR-alimentaire · alimentaire · French

alimentaire · rank #3,657 · 15 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,657
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH accords

Nearest frequency peer: accords (-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 « alimentaire »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « alimentaire » 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).

alimentaire vs alimentaires
92% similar

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

Key facts for alimentaire
PropertyValue
Headwordalimentaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\a.li.mɑ̃.tɛʁ\
Letters11
Frequency rank#3,657
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « alimentaire »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).alimentairese 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 « accords » (#3,656), « annuel » (#3,658), « étapes » (#3,655). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « alimentaire » est au #3,657. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around alimentaire (IPA \a.li.mɑ̃.tɛʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,657 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for alimentaire, with forms such as "ailmentaire", "aliemntaire", and "alimenatire". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "alimentaires", 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 alimentaire, spelled A-L-I-M-E-N-T-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif à l’alimentation, aux aliments.
  2. 2
    Qui sert d’aliment.
  3. 3
    Non toxique quand avalé ou porté à la bouche.
  4. 4
    Relatif à l’alimentation des machines en matières.
  5. 5
    Qualifie un travail qu’on fait pour subsister et non par passion.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dès l’avènement de l’agriculture et de la sédentarisation des chasseurs-cueilleurs, il a été vital de trouver des solutions pour maintenir les stocks alimentaires.
  2. Si l’on prend comme exemple l’approvisionnement alimentaire, on entend par autosuffisance une complète indépendance à l’égard des importations pour répondre aux besoins alimentaires d’une collectivité ou d’une ville, un objectif difficilement atteignable même en vertu du scénario le plus optimiste.

Synonyms

alimentateur

This word in other languages

alimentary(English)alimentario(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ailmentaire
  • aliemntaire
  • alimenatire
  • alimenntaire
  • alimentaier
  • alimentairre
  • alimentarie
  • alimentiare
  • alimenttaire
  • alimetnaire
  • alimmentaire
  • alimnetaire
  • allimentaire
  • almientaire
  • laimentaire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ailmentaire2aliemntaire2alimenatire2alimenntaire1alimentaier2alimentairre1alimentarie2alimentiare2
Edit distance from "alimentaire"

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 "alimentaire"?
"alimentaire" is spelled A-L-I-M-E-N-T-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.li.mɑ̃.tɛʁ\.
What does "alimentaire" mean?
As an adjective, "alimentaire" means: Relatif à l’alimentation, aux aliments.
What words are commonly confused with "alimentaire"?
"alimentaire" is commonly confused with "alimentaires". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "alimentaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alimentaire" is \a.li.mɑ̃.tɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alimentaire" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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

intervenir15 variantsformations15 variantsplateforme15 variantssyndicats15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list