aspirait
\as.pi.ʁɛ\
The verdict
“aspirait” is uncommon French (frequency #53,776 among 424,905 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,776
- frequency rank, French
- 424,905
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe aspirer.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aspirait |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \as.pi.ʁɛ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #53,776 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “aspirait” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
aspirait is uncommon French at frequency #53,776 among 424,905 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \as.pi.ʁɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe aspirer.".
No misspelling variants are generated for aspirait in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is aspirait, spelled A-S-P-I-R-A-I-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe aspirer.
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 “aspirait”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-S-P-I-R-A-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \as.pi.ʁɛ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.