allégresse

\a.le.ɡʁɛs\

/\a.le.ɡʁɛs\/ noun

The verdict

“allégresse” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,365. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,365
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Joie qui se manifeste au dehors.

Corpus desk

Index FR-allegresse · allégresse · French

allégresse · rank #35,365 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,365
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH allouées

Nearest frequency peer: allouées (-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 « allégresse »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « allégresse » 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
Key facts for allégresse
PropertyValue
Headwordallégresse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.le.ɡʁɛs\
Letters10
Frequency rank#35,365
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « allégresse »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).allégressese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « allouées » (#35,364), « altitudes » (#35,366), « allocs » (#35,363). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « allégresse » est au #35,365. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around allégresse (IPA \a.le.ɡʁɛs\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,365 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for allégresse, with forms such as "allegresse", "allgéresse", and "allégersse". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 allégresse, spelled A-L-L-É-G-R-E-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Joie qui se manifeste au dehors.
  2. 2
    Joie publique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Nous le souhaitons de grand cœur et nous en remercions bien volontiers le cigarito manillard, dont la réapparition imprévue nous met pour long-temps des régalias sur la planche et doit faire tressaillir d’allégresse M. Théodore Burette, l’auteur de la Physiologie du fumeur, jusque dans le tréfoin de sa chiffarde.
  2. L’allégresse qu’ils semaient le long de la route affectait diversement, et selon leurs tempéraments, les autres excursionnistes.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • allegresse
  • allgéresse
  • allégersse
  • alléggresse
  • allégrese
  • allégreses
  • allégrresse
  • allégrsese
  • allérgesse
  • alégresse
  • alélgresse
  • lalégresse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

allegresse1allgéresse2allégersse2alléggresse1allégrese1allégreses2allégrresse1allégrsese2
Edit distance from "allégresse"

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 "allégresse"?
"allégresse" is spelled A-L-L-É-G-R-E-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.le.ɡʁɛs\.
What does "allégresse" mean?
As a noun, "allégresse" means: Joie qui se manifeste au dehors.
What are common misspellings of "allégresse"?
Common misspellings include "allegresse", "allgéresse", "allégersse", "alléggresse", "allégrese". The correct spelling is "allégresse".
How do you pronounce "allégresse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "allégresse" is \a.le.ɡʁɛs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "allégresse" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list