at

\at\

/\at\/ noun

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The verdict

“at” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #4,122) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#4,122
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ancien nom de l’attier, qui a peut-être été importé à la Réunion par les Malbars et les Tamouls ; ce nom était particulièrement fréquent au Sénégal.

Corpus desk

Index FR-at · at · French

at · rank #4,122 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,122
  • LEN-SHORT 2 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH argentine

Nearest frequency peer: argentine (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “at”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “at” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

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).

at vs au
50% similar
at vs av
50% similar
at vs az
50% similar

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

Key facts for at
PropertyValue
Headwordat
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\at\
Letters2
Frequency rank#4,122
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “at” se place dans la fréquence du français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).atse 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 « argentine » (#4,121), « ateliers » (#4,123), « analyses » (#4,120). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for at is neighbouring look-alikes ("au", "av", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \at\. Frequency #4,122 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Gloss: "Ancien nom de l’attier, qui a peut-être été importé à la Réunion par les Malbars et les Tamouls ; ce nom était particulièrement fréquent au Sénégal.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for at, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "au", "av", "az", and more, 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is at, spelled A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ancien nom de l’attier, qui a peut-être été importé à la Réunion par les Malbars et les Tamouls ; ce nom était particulièrement fréquent au Sénégal.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Usages. Les fruits de l’at se cueillent un peu avant leur maturité, pour les laisser mûrir & adoucir, à-peu-près comme on cueille les nefles; alors ils se mangent avec délices; ils sont fort rafraîchissans, & lâchent le ventre lorsqu’on boit de l’eau pardessus. On les fait cuire aussi avant leur maturitë avec un peu de gingembre dans l’eau commune que l’o…

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 "at"?
"at" is spelled A-T. The IPA pronunciation is \at\.
What does "at" mean?
As a noun, "at" means: Ancien nom de l’attier, qui a peut-être été importé à la Réunion par les Malbars et les Tamouls ; ce nom était particulièrement fréquent au Sénégal.
What words are commonly confused with "at"?
"at" is commonly confused with "au", "av", "az". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "at"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "at" is \at\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "at" come from?
"at" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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  • "at" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "au". View pair
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list