apprivoiser

\a.pʁi.vwa.ze\

/\a.pʁi.vwa.ze\/ verb

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The verdict

“apprivoiser” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,223. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,223
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rendre un animal moins sauvage.

Corpus desk

Index FR-apprivoiser · apprivoiser · French

apprivoiser · rank #29,223 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,223
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH appréciera

Nearest frequency peer: appréciera (+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 « apprivoiser »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « apprivoiser » 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
Key facts for apprivoiser
PropertyValue
Headwordapprivoiser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.pʁi.vwa.ze\
Letters11
Frequency rank#29,223
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « apprivoiser »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.apprivoiserse 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 « appréciera » (#29,224), « antiquaires » (#29,221), « ara » (#29,225). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « apprivoiser » est au #29,223. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around apprivoiser (IPA \a.pʁi.vwa.ze\), averb. Corpus frequency is #29,223 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for apprivoiser, with forms such as "appirvoiser", "apprioviser", and "apprivioser". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is apprivoiser, spelled A-P-P-R-I-V-O-I-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rendre un animal moins sauvage.
  2. 2
    Faire d’un animal sauvage un animal privé.
  3. 3
    Rendre quelqu’un plus doux, plus traitable.
  4. 4
    Rendre familier.
  5. 5
    Devenir moins sauvage (animal).
  6. 6
    Devenir plus doux, plus sociable, s’accoutumer, s’habituer (personne).
  7. 7
    S’accoutumer à la vue du danger, à l’exemple du vice.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le petit prince a apprivoisé le renard.
  2. Le coq de Sonnerat est plein de courage et de résolution; aussi est-il très estimé dans l’Indoustan comme oiseau de combat. Les vrais amateurs indiens ne se servent pas de coqs élevés à l'état domestique, mais bien de sujets sauvages, que du reste ils apprivoisent en assez peu de temps; […].

This word in other languages

tame(English)domar(Español)zähmen(Deutsch)domar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • appirvoiser
  • apprioviser
  • apprivioser
  • apprivoiesr
  • apprivoiserr
  • apprivoisre
  • apprivoisser
  • apprivosier
  • apprivvoiser
  • apprrivoiser
  • apprvioiser
  • aprivoiser
  • aprpivoiser
  • paprivoiser

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of apprivoiser - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

appirvoiser2apprioviser2apprivioser2apprivoiesr2apprivoiserr1apprivoisre2apprivoisser1apprivosier2
Edit distance from "apprivoiser"

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 "apprivoiser"?
"apprivoiser" is spelled A-P-P-R-I-V-O-I-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.pʁi.vwa.ze\.
What does "apprivoiser" mean?
As a verb, "apprivoiser" means: Rendre un animal moins sauvage.
What are common misspellings of "apprivoiser"?
Common misspellings include "appirvoiser", "apprioviser", "apprivioser", "apprivoiesr", "apprivoiserr". The correct spelling is "apprivoiser".
How do you pronounce "apprivoiser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "apprivoiser" is \a.pʁi.vwa.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "apprivoiser" come from?
"apprivoiser" 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 "apprivoiser", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

antiquaires#29,221bactérienne#29,238blockbuster#29,249terrifiante#29,171

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

vérifient14 variantscarpenter14 variantsTombouctou14 variantsChardonnay14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list