allégresse
\a.le.ɡʁɛs\
The verdict
“allégresse” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #35,365 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #35,365
- frequency rank, French
- 10
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Joie qui se manifeste au dehors.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | allégresse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.le.ɡʁɛs\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #35,365 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “allégresse” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for allégresse is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.le.ɡʁɛs\. Corpus data places it at rank #35,365 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Joie qui se manifeste au dehors.
- 2Joie publique.
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.
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.
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Using “allégresse”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-L-L-É-G-R-E-S-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.le.ɡʁɛs\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.