asperge

\as.pɛʁʒ\

/\as.pɛʁʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“asperge” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,664. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,664
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plante potagère de la famille des liliacées (classification classique) ou asparagacées (classification phylogénétique) dont on mange les jeunes pousses (Asparagus officinalis L.).

Corpus desk

Index FR-asperge · asperge · French

asperge · rank #37,664 · 10 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,664
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH asset

Nearest frequency peer: asset (+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 « asperge »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « asperge » 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).

asperge vs aspire
71% similar
asperge vs auberge
71% similar
asperge vs asperger
88% similar

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

Key facts for asperge
PropertyValue
Headwordasperge
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\as.pɛʁʒ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#37,664
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « asperge »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).aspergese 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 « asset » (#37,665), « articulaire » (#37,662), « assieds » (#37,666). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « asperge » est au #37,664. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around asperge (IPA \as.pɛʁʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,664 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for asperge, with forms such as "apserge", "aseprge", and "aspegre". 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. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "aspire", "auberge", "asperger", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 asperge, spelled A-S-P-E-R-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plante potagère de la famille des liliacées (classification classique) ou asparagacées (classification phylogénétique) dont on mange les jeunes pousses (Asparagus officinalis L.).
  2. 2
    Ses turions utilisés dans l’alimentation humaine.
  3. 3
    Personne grande et maigre.
  4. 4
    Mollet.
  5. 5
    Pénis.
  6. 6
    Épilobe en épi (Epilobium angustifolium).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’asperge des boutiques est de deux sortes, savoir la semable, & la sauvage ; l’asperge semable pousse quantité de racines qui pendent comme d’une seule tête rondes & longues, charnues, blanchâtres, douces & colleuses […].
  2. C’était un soir de mai. Les marronniers venaient de fleurir devant la mairie. On guettait les asperges dans les jardins.

Synonyms

asperge officinale

This word in other languages

asparagus(English)espárrago(Español)Spargel(Deutsch)aspárago(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apserge
  • aseprge
  • aspegre
  • aspereg
  • aspergge
  • asperrge
  • aspperge
  • asprege
  • assperge
  • saperge

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of asperge - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

apserge2aseprge2aspegre2aspereg2aspergge1asperrge1aspperge1asprege2
Edit distance from "asperge"

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 "asperge"?
"asperge" is spelled A-S-P-E-R-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \as.pɛʁʒ\.
What does "asperge" mean?
As a noun, "asperge" means: Plante potagère de la famille des liliacées (classification classique) ou asparagacées (classification phylogénétique) dont on mange les jeunes pousses (Asparagus officinalis L.).
What words are commonly confused with "asperge"?
"asperge" is commonly confused with "aspire", "auberge", "asperger". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "asperge"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "asperge" is \as.pɛʁʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "asperge" come from?
"asperge" 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 "asperge", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

assieds#37,666arriéré#37,661aqueuse#37,660audimat#37,672

Similar misspelling depth

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

annulent10 variantsazimuts10 variantsanimals10 variantsbancale10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list