Alter

\ˈal.tɐ\

/\ˈal.tɐ\/ noun

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The verdict

“Alter” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,203. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,203
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Âge.

Corpus desk

Index FR-alter · Alter · French

Alter · rank #19,203 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,203
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH ambigu

Nearest frequency peer: ambigu (+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 « Alter »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Alter » 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).

Alter vs arte
40% similar
Alter vs amer
40% similar
Alter vs apte
40% similar

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

Key facts for Alter
PropertyValue
HeadwordAlter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈal.tɐ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#19,203
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Alter »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Alterse 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 « ambigu » (#19,204), « allocution » (#19,201), « amenant » (#19,205). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « Alter » est au #19,203. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Alter (IPA \ˈal.tɐ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,203 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Alter, with forms such as "aletr", "allter", and "alterr". 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, "arte", "amer", "apte", 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 Alter, spelled A-L-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Âge.
  2. 2
    Vieillesse, la fin de vie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Der berühmte Schriftsteller ist nach kurzer schwerer Krankheit im Alter von 91 Jahren verschieden.
  2. Bliebe noch, dass es in diesem Alter für einen natürlichen Tod nur wenige Optionen gibt: den Autounfall, das Leck in der Gasleitung, den Herzinfarkt, den unglücklichen Sturz. Punkt.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aletr
  • allter
  • alterr
  • altre
  • altter
  • atler

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aletr2allter1alterr1altre2altter1atler2
Edit distance from "Alter"

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 "Alter"?
"Alter" is spelled A-L-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈal.tɐ\.
What does "Alter" mean?
As a noun, "Alter" means: Âge.
What words are commonly confused with "Alter"?
"Alter" is commonly confused with "arte", "amer", "apte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Alter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Alter" is \ˈal.tɐ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Alter" come from?
"Alter" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

antan#19,208avide#19,213brive#19,224valse#19,182

Similar misspelling depth

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

three6 variantstags6 variantsshoot6 variantspiller6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list