aorte

\a.ɔʁt\

/\a.ɔʁt\/ noun

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The verdict

“aorte” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,378. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,378
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Artère qui sort du ventricule gauche du cœur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-aorte · aorte · French

aorte · rank #35,378 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,378
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH anxieuse

Nearest frequency peer: anxieuse (-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 « aorte »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « aorte » 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).

aorte vs Art
40% similar
aorte vs are
60% similar
aorte vs arts
60% similar

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

Key facts for aorte
PropertyValue
Headwordaorte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.ɔʁt\
Letters5
Frequency rank#35,378
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « aorte »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).aortese 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 « anxieuse » (#35,377), « aprèm » (#35,379), « Antonia » (#35,376). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « aorte » est au #35,378. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around aorte (IPA \a.ɔʁt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,378 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Artère qui sort du ventricule gauche du cœur.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for aorte, with forms such as "aoret", "aorrte", and "aortte". 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, "Art", "are", "arts", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is aorte, spelled A-O-R-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Artère qui sort du ventricule gauche du cœur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L'anévrisme de l’aorte.
  2. Moi, je suis au bout de mon rouleau, Mademoiselle, j’ai le cœur malade : l’aorte, ils appellent ça. Enfin, un vieux soufflet crevé, voilà ce que je suis.

This word in other languages

aorta(English)aorta(Español)Aorta(Deutsch)aorta(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aoret
  • aorrte
  • aortte
  • aotre
  • arote
  • oarte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aoret2aorrte1aortte1aotre2arote2oarte2
Edit distance from "aorte"

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 "aorte"?
"aorte" is spelled A-O-R-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ɔʁt\.
What does "aorte" mean?
As a noun, "aorte" means: Artère qui sort du ventricule gauche du cœur.
What words are commonly confused with "aorte"?
"aorte" is commonly confused with "Art", "are", "arts". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aorte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aorte" is \a.ɔʁt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aorte" come from?
"aorte" 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 "aorte", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

aprèm#35,379anniv#35,373brook#35,407érige#35,347

Similar misspelling depth

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

chape6 variantsVlad6 variantsClem6 variantstics6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list