atterrir

/\a.tɛ.ʁiʁ\/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,605

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

atterrir is aFrenchverb. It means: Arriver au voisinage de la terre. Pronounced \a.tɛ.ʁiʁ\. Often confused with atterrit and atterri.

Key facts for atterrir
PropertyValue
Headwordatterrir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.tɛ.ʁiʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#14,605
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for atterrir is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.tɛ.ʁiʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #14,605 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for atterrir, with forms such as "aterrir", "atetrrir", and "atterir". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "atterrit", "atterri", "attendrir", 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 atterrir, spelled A-T-T-E-R-R-I-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Arriver au voisinage de la terre.
  2. 2
    Reprendre contact avec le sol.
  3. 3
    Parvenir dans un lieu déterminé.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aterrir,atetrrir,atterir,atterirr,atterrirr,atterrri,attrerir,taterrir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for atterrir

Misspelling Variants of "atterrir"

aterrir7atetrrir8atterir7atterirr8atterrirr9atterrri8attrerir8taterrir8
Misspelling Variants of "atterrir"

Frequency rank: #14,605 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "atterrir"?
"atterrir" is spelled A-T-T-E-R-R-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.tɛ.ʁiʁ\.
What does "atterrir" mean?
As a verb, "atterrir" means: Arriver au voisinage de la terre.
What words are commonly confused with "atterrir"?
"atterrir" is commonly confused with "atterrit", "atterri", "attendrir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "atterrir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "atterrir" is \a.tɛ.ʁiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "atterrir" come from?
"atterrir" 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.