aller
\a.le\
The verdict
“aller” is in the everyday core of French, ranked #201 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #201
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Se déplacer jusqu'à un endroit.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aller |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.le\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #201 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “aller” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for aller is 5 letters long, classified as a verb, 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 generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for aller, with forms such as "alelr", "aler", and "allerr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is aller, spelled A-L-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Se déplacer jusqu'à un endroit.
- 2Suivi 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.
- 3Fonctionner, en parlant d’un mécanisme, d’un projet ou de la santé de quelqu'un.
- 4Indique la façon dont une chose sied à quelqu'un ou à quelque chose d’autre ; convenir, être assorti.
- 5Indique l’étendue de certaines choses.
- 6Marque la destination d’un chemin, la direction des choses.
- 7Indique une évolution, un progrès de quelque chose.
- 8Désigne l'objectif, le résultat de quelque chose.
- 9Manière 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).
- 10Miser au jeu.
- 11Il 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.
- 12À l’impératif, il sert également à faire des souhaits, des exhortations ou des menaces et à marquer de l’indignation.
- 13À l’impératif, invitation à continuer, à poursuivre ce qui était en cours.
- 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(en aller de) Joint à l'adverbe en et employé comme verbe impersonnel, il sert à exprimer une comparaison.
- 16Déféquer.
- 17Aller à la rencontre, aller au combat, aller à l’affrontement.
- 18Continuer à vivre, survivre.
- 19Mêler.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: alelr,aler,allerr,allre,laler
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aller - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “aller”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-L-L-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.le\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “amer” - see the side-by-side comparison. aller vs amer
- 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.