allier

\a.lje\

/\a.lje\/ verb

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The verdict

“allier” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,807. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,807
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unir par une entente, un pacte. Ce verbe est alors généralement pronominal.

Corpus desk

Index FR-allier · allier · French

allier · rank #8,807 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,807
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH alias

Nearest frequency peer: alias (-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 « allier »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « allier » 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).

allier vs Alter
50% similar
allier vs alliés
67% similar
allier vs alliez
83% similar

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

Key facts for allier
PropertyValue
Headwordallier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.lje\
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,807
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « allier »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).allierse 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 « alias » (#8,806), « Angel » (#8,808), « Alexander » (#8,805). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « allier » est au #8,807. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around allier (IPA \a.lje\), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,807 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for allier, with forms such as "alier", "aliler", and "alleir". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Alter", "alliés", "alliez", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is allier, spelled A-L-L-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Unir par une entente, un pacte. Ce verbe est alors généralement pronominal.
  2. 2
    Joindre des choses différentes, opposées, disparates.
  3. 3
    Unir par les liens du mariage.
  4. 4
    Action de combiner les métaux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’intérêt a allié ces deux peuples.
  2. Ces deux républiques s’allièrent.

This word in other languages

ally(English)aliar(Español)verbinden(Deutsch)combinar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • alier
  • aliler
  • alleir
  • allierr
  • allire
  • lalier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

alier1aliler2alleir2allierr1allire2lalier2
Edit distance from "allier"

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 "allier"?
"allier" is spelled A-L-L-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.lje\.
What does "allier" mean?
As a verb, "allier" means: Unir par une entente, un pacte. Ce verbe est alors généralement pronominal.
What words are commonly confused with "allier"?
"allier" is commonly confused with "Alter", "alliés", "alliez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "allier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "allier" is \a.lje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "allier" come from?
"allier" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

brosse#8,816clairs#8,820clergé#8,821Vendée#8,793

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Angel6 variantscolin6 variantsLucie6 variantsjouez6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list