atteindre

/\a.tɛ̃dʁ\/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,553

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

atteindre is aFrenchverb. It means: Toucher de loin au moyen d’un projectile. Pronounced \a.tɛ̃dʁ\. It ranks #1,553 in French word frequency. Often confused with attende and attendre.

Key facts for atteindre
PropertyValue
Headwordatteindre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.tɛ̃dʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#1,553
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of atteindre in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for atteindre is 9 letters long, classified as averb, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for atteindre, with forms such as "ateindre", "atetindre", and "atteidnre". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "attende", "attendre", "atteinte", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is atteindre, spelled A-T-T-E-I-N-D-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Toucher de loin au moyen d’un projectile.
  2. 2
    Parvenir à un terme, à quelque chose dont on était plus ou moins éloigné, en parlant des choses aussi bien que des personnes.
  3. 3
    Parvenir à son but, en causant un dommage physique ou moral, en parlant de choses.
  4. 4
    Attraper en chemin, joindre quelqu’un qu’on suit ou qu’on poursuit.
  5. 5
    Joindre un but ou une étape de la vie.
  6. 6
    Égaler.
  7. 7
    Toucher (à une chose qui est à une distance assez éloignée pour qu’on ne puisse pas y arriver sans quelque effort).
  8. 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. 9
    (Suivi de la préposition à puis d'un verbe)

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ateindre,atetindre,atteidnre,atteinddre,atteinder,atteindrre,atteinndre,atteinrde,attenidre,attiendre,tateindre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for atteindre

Misspelling Variants of "atteindre"

ateindre8atetindre9atteidnre9atteinddre10atteinder9atteindrre10atteinndre10atteinrde9
Misspelling Variants of "atteindre"

Frequency rank: #1,553 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "atteindre"?
"atteindre" is spelled A-T-T-E-I-N-D-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.tɛ̃dʁ\.
What does "atteindre" mean?
As a verb, "atteindre" means: Toucher de loin au moyen d’un projectile.
What words are commonly confused with "atteindre"?
"atteindre" is commonly confused with "attende", "attendre", "atteinte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "atteindre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "atteindre" is \a.tɛ̃dʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "atteindre" come from?
"atteindre" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.