atteinte

/\a.tɛ̃t\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,514

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

atteinte is aFrenchnoun. It means: Action d’atteindre ou résultat de cette action. Pronounced \a.tɛ̃t\. It ranks #3,514 in French word frequency. Often confused with attente and atteste.

Key facts for atteinte
PropertyValue
Headwordatteinte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.tɛ̃t\
Letters8
Frequency rank#3,514
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for atteinte is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.tɛ̃t\. Corpus data places it at rank #3,514 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for atteinte, with forms such as "ateinte", "atetinte", and "atteinet". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "attente", "atteste", "attende", 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 atteinte, spelled A-T-T-E-I-N-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’atteindre ou résultat de cette action.
  2. 2
    Frappe de son chalengeur dans un tournoi.
  3. 3
    Effet de ce qui cause un mal, un dommage, de ce qui porte quelque préjudice.
  4. 4
    Affection morbide.
  5. 5
    Blessure d'un cheval provoquée par un choc durant une course.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ateinte,atetinte,atteinet,atteinnte,atteintte,atteitne,attenite,attiente,tateinte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for atteinte

Misspelling Variants of "atteinte"

ateinte7atetinte8atteinet8atteinnte9atteintte9atteitne8attenite8attiente8
Misspelling Variants of "atteinte"

Frequency rank: #3,514 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "atteinte"?
"atteinte" is spelled A-T-T-E-I-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.tɛ̃t\.
What does "atteinte" mean?
As a noun, "atteinte" means: Action d’atteindre ou résultat de cette action.
What words are commonly confused with "atteinte"?
"atteinte" is commonly confused with "attente", "atteste", "attende". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "atteinte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "atteinte" is \a.tɛ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "atteinte" come from?
"atteinte" 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.