ascenseur
\a.sɑ̃.sœʁ\
The verdict
“ascenseur” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #6,925 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,925
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Appareil mécanique qui sert à monter ou descendre verticalement sans escalier.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ascenseur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.sɑ̃.sœʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #6,925 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ascenseur” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for ascenseur is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.sɑ̃.sœʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #6,925 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 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 ascenseur, with forms such as "acsenseur", "asccenseur", and "ascenesur". 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, "assesseur", "ascenseurs", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is ascenseur, spelled A-S-C-E-N-S-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Appareil mécanique qui sert à monter ou descendre verticalement sans escalier.
- 2La cabine d’un ascenseur.
- 3Désigne le petit pavé qui peut être déplacé dans la bande de défilement.
- 4Jeu se jouant avec 52 cartes où le ou les gagnants sont ceux qui réalisent le nombre de levées annoncées.
- 5Saut porté.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: acsenseur,asccenseur,ascenesur,ascennseur,ascenseru,ascenseurr,ascensseur,ascensuer,ascesneur,ascneseur,asecnseur,asscenseur,sacenseur
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ascenseur - 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.
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.
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Using “ascenseur”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-S-C-E-N-S-E-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.sɑ̃.sœʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “assesseur” - see the side-by-side comparison. ascenseur vs assesseur
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.