analphabète

\a.nal.fa.bɛt\

/\a.nal.fa.bɛt\/ adj

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The verdict

“analphabète” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,573. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,573
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui ne sait ni lire ni écrire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-analphabete · analphabète · French

analphabète · rank #46,573 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #46,573
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH amplificateurs

Nearest frequency peer: amplificateurs (-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 « analphabète »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « analphabète » 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).

analphabète vs analphabètes
92% similar

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

Key facts for analphabète
PropertyValue
Headwordanalphabète
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\a.nal.fa.bɛt\
Letters11
Frequency rank#46,573
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « analphabète »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).analphabètese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « amplificateurs » (#46,572), « Anglade » (#46,574), « alertés » (#46,571). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « analphabète » est au #46,573. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around analphabète (IPA \a.nal.fa.bɛt\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #46,573 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for analphabète, with forms such as "aanlphabète", "analhpabète", and "anallphabète". 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, "analphabètes", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is analphabète, spelled A-N-A-L-P-H-A-B-È-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui ne sait ni lire ni écrire.
  2. 2
    Ignare, qui ne sait rien.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Et la culture d'un peuple analphabète, ce sont ses chansons, ses légendes et ses contes.
  2. Alors qu’il est analphabète et ne possède pas d’ordinateur, que le représentant du fournisseur, la société X, lui a indiqué qu’il s’engageait pour la création d’un site Internet

Synonyms

illettré

This word in other languages

illiterate(English)analphabetisch(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aanlphabète
  • analhpabète
  • anallphabète
  • analpahbète
  • analphabbète
  • analphabete
  • analphabtèe
  • analphabèet
  • analphabètte
  • analphaèbte
  • analphbaète
  • analphhabète
  • analpphabète
  • anaplhabète
  • anlaphabète
  • annalphabète
  • naalphabète

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aanlphabète2analhpabète2anallphabète1analpahbète2analphabbète1analphabete1analphabtèe2analphabèet2
Edit distance from "analphabète"

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 "analphabète"?
"analphabète" is spelled A-N-A-L-P-H-A-B-È-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.nal.fa.bɛt\.
What does "analphabète" mean?
As an adjective, "analphabète" means: Qui ne sait ni lire ni écrire.
What words are commonly confused with "analphabète"?
"analphabète" is commonly confused with "analphabètes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "analphabète"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "analphabète" is \a.nal.fa.bɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "analphabète" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

bouleversés17 variantsbénédictine17 variantsvietnamiennes17 variantsCochinchine17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list