appartenir

/\a.paʁ.tə.niʁ\/ verb

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,305

in French word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

appartenir is aFrenchverb. It means: Être la propriété légitime de quelqu’un, que celui à qui est la chose l’ait en sa possession ou non. Pronounced \a.paʁ.tə.niʁ\. Often confused with appartenu and appartenait.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of appartenir in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for appartenir is 10 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.paʁ.tə.niʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #12,305 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

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", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is appartenir, spelled A-P-P-A-R-T-E-N-I-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: apaprtenir,apartenir,apparetnir,apparrtenir,apparteinr,appartenirr,appartennir,appartenri,appartneir,apparttenir,appatrenir,appratenir,papartenir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for appartenir

Misspelling Variants of "appartenir"

apaprtenir10apartenir9apparetnir10apparrtenir11apparteinr10appartenirr11appartennir11appartenri10
Misspelling Variants of "appartenir"

Frequency rank: #12,305 in French

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 covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.