alvin

\al.vɛ̃\

/\al.vɛ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“alvin” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,670. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,670
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a rapport au bas-ventre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-alvin · alvin · French

alvin · rank #32,670 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,670
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH altérité

Nearest frequency peer: altérité (-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 « alvin »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « alvin » 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).

alvin vs avi
60% similar
alvin vs avis
60% similar
alvin vs amin
60% similar

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

Key facts for alvin
PropertyValue
Headwordalvin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\al.vɛ̃\
Letters5
Frequency rank#32,670
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « alvin »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.alvinse 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 « altérité » (#32,669), « amazonienne » (#32,672), « alignent » (#32,667). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « alvin » est au #32,670. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around alvin (IPA \al.vɛ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #32,670 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui a rapport au bas-ventre.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for alvin, with forms such as "alivn", "allvin", and "alvinn". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "avi", "avis", "amin", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is alvin, spelled A-L-V-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a rapport au bas-ventre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. C’est ce que j'ai fait en y associant des quarts de lavement composés avec l’amidon, le camphre, le laudanum et le sulfate de quinine, afin de modérer les déjections alvines qui épuisent les malades et défluidifient.
  2. Évacuation alvine, excréments.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • alivn
  • allvin
  • alvinn
  • alvni
  • alvvin
  • avlin
  • lavin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

alivn2allvin1alvinn1alvni2alvvin1avlin2lavin2
Edit distance from "alvin"

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 "alvin"?
"alvin" is spelled A-L-V-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \al.vɛ̃\.
What does "alvin" mean?
As an adjective, "alvin" means: Qui a rapport au bas-ventre.
What words are commonly confused with "alvin"?
"alvin" is commonly confused with "avi", "avis", "amin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "alvin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alvin" is \al.vɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alvin" come from?
"alvin" 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 "alvin", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

amina#32,673apens#32,678aboie#32,655bahut#32,698

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

attique7 variantsbadass7 variantswhole7 variantsvoués7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list