allument

\a.lym\

/\a.lym\/ verb

The verdict

“allument” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,268. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,268
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe allumer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-allument · allument · French

allument · rank #32,268 · 10 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,268
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH alexia

Nearest frequency peer: alexia (-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 « allument »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « allument » 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).

allument vs allumer
75% similar
allument vs allumez
75% similar
allument vs argument
75% similar

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

Key facts for allument
PropertyValue
Headwordallument
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.lym\
Letters8
Frequency rank#32,268
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « allument »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.allumentse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « alexia » (#32,267), « Alassane » (#32,266), « amplificateur » (#32,270). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « allument » est au #32,268. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around allument (IPA \a.lym\), averb. Corpus frequency is #32,268 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for allument, with forms such as "allmuent", "alluemnt", and "allumennt". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "allumer", "allumez", "argument", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is allument, spelled A-L-L-U-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe allumer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif présent du verbe allumer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Tous les jeunes urbains et branchés qui souhaitent se démarquer des cow-boys allument une Lucky.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • allmuent
  • alluemnt
  • allumennt
  • allumentt
  • allumetn
  • allumment
  • allumnet
  • alulment
  • alument
  • lalument

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

allmuent2alluemnt2allumennt1allumentt1allumetn2allumment1allumnet2alulment2
Edit distance from "allument"

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 "allument"?
"allument" is spelled A-L-L-U-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a.lym\.
What does "allument" mean?
As a verb, "allument" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe allumer.
What words are commonly confused with "allument"?
"allument" is commonly confused with "allumer", "allumez", "argument". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "allument"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "allument" is \a.lym\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "allument" come from?
"allument" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list