attraire
\a.tʁɛʁ\
The verdict
“attraire” 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) - Attirer par quelque chose qui plaît.
Corpus desk
Index FR-attraire · attraire · French
attraire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | attraire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.tʁɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « attraire » en français
Rare enough to double-check
attraire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \a.tʁɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
attraire doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is attraire, spelled A-T-T-R-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Attirer par quelque chose qui plaît.
- 2Tirer.
- 3Traîner devant la justice.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how attraire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il faut attraire les enfants par la douceur, leur donner des images pour leur faire faire leur devoir.
Par douce force tu alliches Les poètes, pour tes dons riches De faveur leur faire goûter ; Ainsi que par subtile traite Du soleil l’humeur est attraite Pour en terre la dégoûter.
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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.