approuvé

\a.pʁu.ve\

/\a.pʁu.ve\/ adj

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The verdict

“approuvé” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,781. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,781
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a reçu un accord.

Corpus desk

Index FR-approuve · approuvé · French

approuvé · rank #6,781 · 10 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,781
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH Andy

Nearest frequency peer: Andy (-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 « approuvé »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « approuvé » 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).

approuvé vs approuver
78% similar
approuvé vs approuvée
89% similar
approuvé vs approuvent
70% similar

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

Key facts for approuvé
PropertyValue
Headwordapprouvé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\a.pʁu.ve\
Letters8
Frequency rank#6,781
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « approuvé »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.approuvése 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 « Andy » (#6,780), « auriez » (#6,782), « amant » (#6,779). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « approuvé » est au #6,781. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around approuvé (IPA \a.pʁu.ve\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,781 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 approuvé, with forms such as "apporuvé", "approuve", and "approuvvé". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "approuver", "approuvée", "approuvent", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 approuvé, spelled A-P-P-R-O-U-V-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a reçu un accord.
  2. 2
    Qui est reconnu comme bon
  3. 3
    Qualifie un prêtre qui a reçu l’accord de son évêque pour l’exercice de son ministère.
  4. 4
    Qualifie un étalon reconnu apte à l’amélioration de sa race.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apporuvé
  • approuve
  • approuvvé
  • approuév
  • approvué
  • apprrouvé
  • appruové
  • aprouvé
  • aprpouvé
  • paprouvé

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of approuvé - 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.

apporuvé2approuve1approuvvé1approuév2approvué2apprrouvé1appruové2aprouvé1
Edit distance from "approuvé"

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 "approuvé"?
"approuvé" is spelled A-P-P-R-O-U-V-É. The IPA pronunciation is \a.pʁu.ve\.
What does "approuvé" mean?
As an adjective, "approuvé" means: Qui a reçu un accord.
What words are commonly confused with "approuvé"?
"approuvé" is commonly confused with "approuver", "approuvée", "approuvent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "approuvé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "approuvé" is \a.pʁu.ve\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "approuvé" come from?
"approuvé" 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 "approuvé", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ajoutant#6,777victoria#6,769sections#6,756disaient#6,808

Similar misspelling depth

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

boutons10 variantsécoutes10 variantscapture10 variantsvaincre10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list