appauvrir

\a.po.vʁiʁ\

/\a.po.vʁiʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“appauvrir” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,723. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,723
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rendre pauvre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-appauvrir · appauvrir · French

appauvrir · rank #47,723 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,723
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH aphorismes

Nearest frequency peer: aphorismes (-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 « appauvrir »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « appauvrir » 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).

appauvrir vs appauvrit
89% similar
appauvrir vs appauvri
89% similar

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

Key facts for appauvrir
PropertyValue
Headwordappauvrir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.po.vʁiʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#47,723
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « appauvrir »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.appauvrirse 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 « aphorismes » (#47,722), « appliqueront » (#47,724), « annihilation » (#47,721). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « appauvrir » est au #47,723. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around appauvrir (IPA \a.po.vʁiʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #47,723 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for appauvrir, with forms such as "apapuvrir", "apauvrir", and "appaurvir". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "appauvrit", "appauvri", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is appauvrir, spelled A-P-P-A-U-V-R-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rendre pauvre.
  2. 2
    Épuiser.
  3. 3
    Ôter ce qui fait la vigueur.
  4. 4
    ou Devenir pauvre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ses procès l’ont fort appauvri.
  2. Des causes multiples ont appauvri ce pays.

Synonyms

paupériser

Antonyms

enrichir

This word in other languages

impoverish(English)empobrecer(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apapuvrir
  • apauvrir
  • appaurvir
  • appauvirr
  • appauvrirr
  • appauvrrir
  • appauvvrir
  • appavurir
  • appuavrir
  • papauvrir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

apapuvrir2apauvrir1appaurvir2appauvirr2appauvrirr1appauvrrir1appauvvrir1appavurir2
Edit distance from "appauvrir"

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 "appauvrir"?
"appauvrir" is spelled A-P-P-A-U-V-R-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.po.vʁiʁ\.
What does "appauvrir" mean?
As a verb, "appauvrir" means: Rendre pauvre.
What words are commonly confused with "appauvrir"?
"appauvrir" is commonly confused with "appauvrit", "appauvri". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "appauvrir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "appauvrir" is \a.po.vʁiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "appauvrir" come from?
"appauvrir" 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 "appauvrir", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list