alourdit

\a.luʁ.di\

/\a.luʁ.di\/ verb

The verdict

“alourdit” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,293. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,293
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-alourdit · alourdit · French

alourdit · rank #44,293 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #44,293
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH allègue

Nearest frequency peer: allègue (-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 « alourdit »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « alourdit » 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).

alourdit vs alourdir
88% similar

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

Key facts for alourdit
PropertyValue
Headwordalourdit
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.luʁ.di\
Letters8
Frequency rank#44,293
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « alourdit »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).alourditse 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 « allègue » (#44,292), « amasse » (#44,294), « Americans » (#44,295). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « alourdit » est au #44,293. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around alourdit (IPA \a.luʁ.di\), averb. Corpus frequency is #44,293 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for alourdit, with forms such as "allourdit", "alorudit", and "aloudrit". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "alourdir", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 alourdit, spelled A-L-O-U-R-D-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de alourdir.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de alourdir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Si on désire s’éviter une bataille, à moins de surprendre une place chétive et dépourvue, et de n’avoir en perspective que l’acquisition d’un point stratégique, je crois qu’on doit s’abstenir de mettre en mouvement cet immense appareil de matériel appelé parc de siège, qui alourdit la marche d'une armée, et qui peut la compromettre par inertie dans le con…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • allourdit
  • alorudit
  • aloudrit
  • alourddit
  • alourditt
  • alourdti
  • alouridt
  • alourrdit
  • aluordit
  • aolurdit
  • laourdit

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

allourdit1alorudit2aloudrit2alourddit1alourditt1alourdti2alouridt2alourrdit1
Edit distance from "alourdit"

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 "alourdit"?
"alourdit" is spelled A-L-O-U-R-D-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a.luʁ.di\.
What does "alourdit" mean?
As a verb, "alourdit" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de alourdir.
What words are commonly confused with "alourdit"?
"alourdit" is commonly confused with "alourdir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "alourdit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alourdit" is \a.luʁ.di\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alourdit" come from?
"alourdit" 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 "alourdit", 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 (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list