asphalte

\as.falt\

/\as.falt\/ noun

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The verdict

“asphalte” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,855. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,855
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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.

Corpus desk

Index FR-asphalte · asphalte · French

asphalte · rank #21,855 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,855
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH Asia

Nearest frequency peer: Asia (-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 « asphalte »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « asphalte » 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 asphalte
PropertyValue
Headwordasphalte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\as.falt\
Letters8
Frequency rank#21,855
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « asphalte »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.asphaltese 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 « Asia » (#21,854), « Aston » (#21,856), « atroces » (#21,857). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « asphalte » est au #21,855. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around asphalte (IPA \as.falt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,855 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    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.
  2. 2
    Béton bitumineux dont on recouvre, dans les grandes villes, la chaussée des rues.
  3. 3
    La chaussée elle-même.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Asphalte de Judée, de Suisse.
  2. L’asphalte entre dans plusieurs compositions pharmaceutiques.

This word in other languages

asphalt(English)asfalto(Español)Asphalt(Deutsch)asfalto(Português)

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.

apshalte2ashpalte2aspahlte2asphalet2asphallte1asphaltte1asphatle2asphhalte1
Edit distance from "asphalte"

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 "asphalte"?
"asphalte" is spelled A-S-P-H-A-L-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \as.falt\.
What does "asphalte" mean?
As a noun, "asphalte" means: 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.
What are common misspellings of "asphalte"?
Common misspellings include "apshalte", "ashpalte", "aspahlte", "asphalet", "asphallte". The correct spelling is "asphalte".
How do you pronounce "asphalte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "asphalte" is \as.falt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "asphalte" come from?
"asphalte" 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 "asphalte", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list