alimente

\a.li.mɑ̃t\

/\a.li.mɑ̃t\/ verb

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The verdict

“alimente” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,193. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,193
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe alimenter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-alimente · alimente · French

alimente · rank #14,193 · 11 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,193
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH aiguë

Nearest frequency peer: aiguë (-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 « alimente »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « alimente » 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).

alimente vs animent
75% similar
alimente vs augmente
75% similar
alimente vs aliments
88% similar

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

Key facts for alimente
PropertyValue
Headwordalimente
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.li.mɑ̃t\
Letters8
Frequency rank#14,193
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « alimente »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.alimentese 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 « aiguë » (#14,192), « alma » (#14,194), « agresseurs » (#14,191). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « alimente » est au #14,193. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around alimente (IPA \a.li.mɑ̃t\), averb. Corpus frequency is #14,193 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for alimente, with forms such as "ailmente", "aliemnte", and "alimenet". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "animent", "augmente", "aliments", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is alimente, spelled A-L-I-M-E-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe alimenter.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe alimenter.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe alimenter.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe alimenter.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif du verbe alimenter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pour Mathilda Murcia, c’est un travail de longue haleine : « Toute l’année j’alimente une liste dès qu’un vœu est prononcé », par un proche.
  2. Le bar-restaurant «La coupe pleine» se tenait non loin de la rigole du village qui alimente en eau les vergers, à juste quelques encablures d’une prestigieuse auberge.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ailmente
  • aliemnte
  • alimenet
  • alimennte
  • alimentte
  • alimetne
  • alimmente
  • alimnete
  • allimente
  • almiente
  • laimente

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of alimente - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ailmente2aliemnte2alimenet2alimennte1alimentte1alimetne2alimmente1alimnete2
Edit distance from "alimente"

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 "alimente"?
"alimente" is spelled A-L-I-M-E-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.li.mɑ̃t\.
What does "alimente" mean?
As a verb, "alimente" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe alimenter.
What words are commonly confused with "alimente"?
"alimente" is commonly confused with "animent", "augmente", "aliments". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "alimente"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alimente" is \a.li.mɑ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alimente" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

appuient#14,197abstrait#14,187émouvant#14,183voyaient#14,178

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

émissaire11 variantsécrivez11 variantsvoulions11 variantsBradley11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list