attaquer

\a.ta.ke\

/\a.ta.ke\/ verb

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The verdict

“attaquer” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,703. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,703
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Assaillir par agression.

Corpus desk

Index FR-attaquer · attaquer · French

attaquer · rank #2,703 · 9 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,703
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH appliquer

Nearest frequency peer: appliquer (-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 « attaquer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « attaquer » 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).

attaquer vs attique
75% similar
attaquer vs attaques
88% similar
attaquer vs atténuer
75% similar

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

Key facts for attaquer
PropertyValue
Headwordattaquer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.ta.ke\
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,703
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « attaquer »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).attaquerse 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 « appliquer » (#2,702), « autorisation » (#2,704), « agricole » (#2,701). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « attaquer » est au #2,703. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around attaquer (IPA \a.ta.ke\), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,703 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for attaquer, with forms such as "ataquer", "atatquer", and "attaqeur". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "attique", "attaques", "atténuer", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is attaquer, spelled A-T-T-A-Q-U-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Assaillir par agression.
  2. 2
    Affronter pour tenter de résoudre.
  3. 3
    Assaillir moralement.
  4. 4
    Intenter une action judiciaire, en contester la validité.
  5. 5
    Piquer vigoureusement un cheval avec l’éperon.
  6. 6
    Porter atteinte.
  7. 7
    Ronger, détériorer.
  8. 8
    S’approcher.
  9. 9
    S’affronter.
  10. 10
    Entamer ; entreprendre ; commencer.
  11. 11
    Commencer à interpréter une œuvre, ou une partie d’une œuvre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cela ne constitue pas un armement bien formidable, mais au moins nous sommes à l'abri de la nécessité de nous rendre à la première sommation, si nous venions à être attaqués par un parti de flibustiers.
  2. Le voyage fut long et mouvementé. Ils furent chassés, ou s’imaginèrent l’être, pendant une demi-journée, par un cuirassé asiatique que bientôt attaqua un croiseur anglais.

This word in other languages

attack(English)atacar(Español)anfallen(Deutsch)atacar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ataquer
  • atatquer
  • attaqeur
  • attaqquer
  • attaquerr
  • attaqure
  • attauqer
  • attqauer
  • tataquer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of attaquer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ataquer1atatquer2attaqeur2attaqquer1attaquerr1attaqure2attauqer2attqauer2
Edit distance from "attaquer"

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 "attaquer"?
"attaquer" is spelled A-T-T-A-Q-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ta.ke\.
What does "attaquer" mean?
As a verb, "attaquer" means: Assaillir par agression.
What words are commonly confused with "attaquer"?
"attaquer" is commonly confused with "attique", "attaques", "atténuer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "attaquer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "attaquer" is \a.ta.ke\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "attaquer" come from?
"attaquer" 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 "attaquer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

agricole#2,701déjeuner#2,710feuilles#2,717officier#2,688

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

niveaux9 variantsmettant9 variantsbillets9 variantsvenant9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list