atteindre
\a.tɛ̃dʁ\
The verdict
“atteindre” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #1,553 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #1,553
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Toucher de loin au moyen d’un projectile.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | atteindre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.tɛ̃dʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #1,553 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “atteindre” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for atteindre is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.tɛ̃dʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,553 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for atteindre, with forms such as "ateindre", "atetindre", and "atteidnre". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "attende", "attendre", "atteinte", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is atteindre, spelled A-T-T-E-I-N-D-R-E.
Definition
- 1Toucher de loin au moyen d’un projectile.
- 2Parvenir à un terme, à quelque chose dont on était plus ou moins éloigné, en parlant des choses aussi bien que des personnes.
- 3Parvenir à son but, en causant un dommage physique ou moral, en parlant de choses.
- 4Attraper en chemin, joindre quelqu’un qu’on suit ou qu’on poursuit.
- 5Joindre un but ou une étape de la vie.
- 6Égaler.
- 7Toucher (à une chose qui est à une distance assez éloignée pour qu’on ne puisse pas y arriver sans quelque effort).
- 8(Suivi de la préposition à puis d'un nom) Toucher à la limite, débouchant sur un état extrême, très élevé ou difficilement accessible.
- 9(Suivi de la préposition à puis d'un verbe)
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ateindre,atetindre,atteidnre,atteinddre,atteinder,atteindrre,atteinndre,atteinrde,attenidre,attiendre,tateindre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of atteindre - 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 “atteindre”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-T-T-E-I-N-D-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.tɛ̃dʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “attende” - see the side-by-side comparison. atteindre vs attende
- 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.