atterrer
\a.te.ʁe\
The verdict
“atterrer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abattre, renverser par terre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-atterrer · atterrer · French
atterrer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | atterrer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.te.ʁe\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « atterrer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
atterrer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \a.te.ʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for atterrer in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 atterrer, spelled A-T-T-E-R-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1Abattre, renverser par terre.
- 2Accabler, affliger excessivement, consterner.
- 3Arriver de la haute mer dans le voisinage d’une terre et la reconnaître.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how atterrer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ils en vinrent aux prises et il l’atterra sous lui.
Il attendit le taureau, le prit par les cornes et l’atterra.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.