atterrir
\a.tɛ.ʁiʁ\
The verdict
“atterrir” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,605. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,605
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arriver au voisinage de la terre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-atterrir · atterrir · French
atterrir · rank #14,605 · 8 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,605
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH atlético
Nearest frequency peer: atlético (-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 « atterrir »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- appropriati…
appropriation
85,399 corpus weight
- atlético
atlético
85,397 corpus weight
- atterrir
atterrir
85,396 corpus weight
- attribuées
attribuées
85,395 corpus weight
- autrichienne
autrichienne
85,393 corpus weight
- badge
badge
85,392 corpus weight
What this shows « atterrir » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | atterrir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.tɛ.ʁiʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #14,605 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « atterrir »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around atterrir (IPA \a.tɛ.ʁiʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #14,605 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for atterrir, with forms such as "aterrir", "atetrrir", and "atterir". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "atterrit", "atterri", "attendrir", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is atterrir, spelled A-T-T-E-R-R-I-R.
Definition
- 1Arriver au voisinage de la terre.
- 2Reprendre contact avec le sol.
- 3Parvenir dans un lieu déterminé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how atterrir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Si l'un des pèlerins venait à mourir sur le bateau, le capitaine devrait ne point pratiquer aussitôt l’immersion, mais bien atterrir quelque part et faire ensevelir le défunt dans un cimetière.
Pendant la saison d’été, les navires de la Compagnie pourraient donc facilement atterrir au cap Bathurst par la voie du nord-ouest.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aterrir
- atetrrir
- atterir
- atterirr
- atterrirr
- atterrri
- attrerir
- taterrir
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of atterrir - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).