asphalte
\as.falt\
The verdict
“asphalte” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #21,855 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #21,855
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bitume compact, noir et luisant, très fusible, que l’on trouve à la surface de quelques lacs, et particulièrement sur la mer Morte ou lac Asphaltite dans l’ancienne Judée.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | asphalte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \as.falt\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #21,855 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “asphalte” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for asphalte is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \as.falt\. Corpus data places it at rank #21,855 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for asphalte, with forms such as "apshalte", "ashpalte", and "aspahlte". 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, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is asphalte, spelled A-S-P-H-A-L-T-E.
Definition
- 1Bitume compact, noir et luisant, très fusible, que l’on trouve à la surface de quelques lacs, et particulièrement sur la mer Morte ou lac Asphaltite dans l’ancienne Judée.
- 2Béton bitumineux dont on recouvre, dans les grandes villes, la chaussée des rues.
- 3La chaussée elle-même.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: apshalte,ashpalte,aspahlte,asphalet,asphallte,asphaltte,asphatle,asphhalte,asphlate,aspphalte,assphalte,saphalte
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of asphalte - 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.
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 “asphalte”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-S-P-H-A-L-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \as.falt\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.