aller

/\a.le\/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#201

in French word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

aller is aFrenchverb. It means: Se déplacer jusqu'à un endroit. Pronounced \a.le\. It ranks #201 in French word frequency. Often confused with amer and allô.

Key facts for aller
PropertyValue
Headwordaller
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.le\
Letters5
Frequency rank#201
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of aller in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for aller is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.le\. Corpus data places it at rank #201 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 19 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for aller, with forms such as "alelr", "aler", and "allerr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "amer", "allô", "alur", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is aller, spelled A-L-L-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se déplacer jusqu'à un endroit.
  2. 2
    Suivi d’un infinitif, il sert de semi-auxiliaire pour conjuguer un verbe au futur proche, indiquant que quelque chose est sur le point d’avoir lieu.
  3. 3
    Fonctionner, en parlant d’un mécanisme, d’un projet ou de la santé de quelqu'un.
  4. 4
    Indique la façon dont une chose sied à quelqu'un ou à quelque chose d’autre ; convenir, être assorti.
  5. 5
    Indique l’étendue de certaines choses.
  6. 6
    Marque la destination d’un chemin, la direction des choses.
  7. 7
    Indique une évolution, un progrès de quelque chose.
  8. 8
    Désigne l'objectif, le résultat de quelque chose.
  9. 9
    Manière dont on agit, dont on se comporte en de certaines choses, et, dans cette acception, on l’emploie souvent avec la particule y (y aller).
  10. 10
    Miser au jeu.
  11. 11
    Il se joint au participe présent d’un verbe pour lui exprimer, avec l’idée d’une progression, celle d’une certaine durée de l’action.
  12. 12
    À l’impératif, il sert également à faire des souhaits, des exhortations ou des menaces et à marquer de l’indignation.
  13. 13
    À l’impératif, invitation à continuer, à poursuivre ce qui était en cours.
  14. 14
    (y aller de) Joint à l'adverbe y et employé comme verbe impersonnel, sert à marquer ce qui est mis en cause, de quoi il s’agit.
  15. 15
    (en aller de) Joint à l'adverbe en et employé comme verbe impersonnel, il sert à exprimer une comparaison.
  16. 16
    Déféquer.
  17. 17
    Aller à la rencontre, aller au combat, aller à l’affrontement.
  18. 18
    Continuer à vivre, survivre.
  19. 19
    Mêler.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: alelr,aler,allerr,allre,laler

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for aller

Misspelling Variants of "aller"

alelr5aler4allerr6allre5laler5
Misspelling Variants of "aller"

Frequency rank: #201 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aller"?
"aller" is spelled A-L-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.le\.
What does "aller" mean?
As a verb, "aller" means: Se déplacer jusqu'à un endroit.
What words are commonly confused with "aller"?
"aller" is commonly confused with "amer", "allô", "alur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aller"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aller" is \a.le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aller" come from?
"aller" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.