alphabet

\al.fa.bɛ\

/\al.fa.bɛ\/ noun

The verdict

“alphabet” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,902. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,902
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble ordonné de lettres utilisées dans un système d’écriture pour composer des syllabes et des mots.

Corpus desk

Index FR-alphabet · alphabet · French

alphabet · rank #11,902 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,902
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH Alexandrie

Nearest frequency peer: Alexandrie (-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 « alphabet »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « alphabet » 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
Key facts for alphabet
PropertyValue
Headwordalphabet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\al.fa.bɛ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#11,902
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « alphabet »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.alphabetse 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 « Alexandrie » (#11,901), « ambiguïté » (#11,903), « agréables » (#11,900). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « alphabet » est au #11,902. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around alphabet (IPA \al.fa.bɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,902 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for alphabet, with forms such as "alhpabet", "allphabet", and "alpahbet". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is alphabet, spelled A-L-P-H-A-B-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ensemble ordonné de lettres utilisées dans un système d’écriture pour composer des syllabes et des mots.
  2. 2
    Petit livre qui contient les lettres de l’alphabet et les premières leçons que l’on donne lorsque l’on enseigne à lire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L'alphabet n'est là, il faut le rappeler, que pour permettre le classement des mots à l'infini. Cet ordre arbitraire permet en effet de toujours trouver sa place au nouveau venu.
  2. Cet alphabet se compose de quatre-vingt-cinq lettres, classées sans système ni méthode, dans l’ordre où elles se sont offertes à l’esprit de l’inventeur.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • alhpabet
  • allphabet
  • alpahbet
  • alphabbet
  • alphabett
  • alphabte
  • alphaebt
  • alphbaet
  • alphhabet
  • alpphabet
  • aplhabet
  • laphabet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

alhpabet2allphabet1alpahbet2alphabbet1alphabett1alphabte2alphaebt2alphbaet2
Edit distance from "alphabet"

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 "alphabet"?
"alphabet" is spelled A-L-P-H-A-B-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \al.fa.bɛ\.
What does "alphabet" mean?
As a noun, "alphabet" means: Ensemble ordonné de lettres utilisées dans un système d’écriture pour composer des syllabes et des mots.
What are common misspellings of "alphabet"?
Common misspellings include "alhpabet", "allphabet", "alpahbet", "alphabbet", "alphabett". The correct spelling is "alphabet".
How do you pronounce "alphabet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alphabet" is \al.fa.bɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alphabet" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "alphabet", 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 (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list