appartenir

\a.paʁ.tə.niʁ\

/\a.paʁ.tə.niʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“appartenir” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,305. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,305
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Être la propriété légitime de quelqu’un, que celui à qui est la chose l’ait en sa possession ou non.

Corpus desk

Index FR-appartenir · appartenir · French

appartenir · rank #12,305 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,305
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH anus

Nearest frequency peer: anus (-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 « appartenir »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « appartenir » 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).

appartenir vs appartenu
80% similar
appartenir vs appartenait
82% similar

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

Key facts for appartenir
PropertyValue
Headwordappartenir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.paʁ.tə.niʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#12,305
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « appartenir »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).appartenirse 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 « anus » (#12,304), « aptitude » (#12,306), « anthropologie » (#12,303). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « appartenir » est au #12,305. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around appartenir (IPA \a.paʁ.tə.niʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #12,305 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for appartenir, with forms such as "apaprtenir", "apartenir", and "apparetnir". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "appartenu", "appartenait", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is appartenir, spelled A-P-P-A-R-T-E-N-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Être la propriété légitime de quelqu’un, que celui à qui est la chose l’ait en sa possession ou non.
  2. 2
    Être parent de quelqu’un ou attaché à son service.
  3. 3
    Être le droit, le privilège ou le propre, le caractère particulier de quelqu’un ou quelque chose.
  4. 4
    Incomber.
  5. 5
    Par manière de reproche.
  6. 6
    Faire partie de.
  7. 7
    Avoir une relation nécessaire ou de convenance.
  8. 8
    Être élément de

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Donc, primitivement, il y avait eu là quatre maisons distinctes qui n'en faisaient plus qu'une et qui devaient appartenir maintenant au même propriétaire.
  2. Il m’en appartient une moitié.

This word in other languages

appertain(English)pertenecer(Español)gehören(Deutsch)pertencer(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apaprtenir
  • apartenir
  • apparetnir
  • apparrtenir
  • apparteinr
  • appartenirr
  • appartennir
  • appartenri
  • appartneir
  • apparttenir
  • appatrenir
  • appratenir
  • papartenir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

apaprtenir2apartenir1apparetnir2apparrtenir1apparteinr2appartenirr1appartennir1appartenri2
Edit distance from "appartenir"

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 "appartenir"?
"appartenir" is spelled A-P-P-A-R-T-E-N-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.paʁ.tə.niʁ\.
What does "appartenir" mean?
As a verb, "appartenir" means: Être la propriété légitime de quelqu’un, que celui à qui est la chose l’ait en sa possession ou non.
What words are commonly confused with "appartenir"?
"appartenir" is commonly confused with "appartenu", "appartenait". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "appartenir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "appartenir" is \a.paʁ.tə.niʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "appartenir" come from?
"appartenir" 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 "appartenir", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

Alzheimer13 variantsbanquiers13 variantsuniformes13 variantsChartres13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list