attrayant

\a.tʁɛ.jɑ̃\

/\a.tʁɛ.jɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“attrayant” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,113. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,113
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a de l’attrait.

Corpus desk

Index FR-attrayant · attrayant · French

attrayant · rank #24,113 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,113
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH attractive

Nearest frequency peer: attractive (-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 « attrayant »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « attrayant » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

attrayant vs attrayante
90% similar
attrayant vs attrapent
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for attrayant
PropertyValue
Headwordattrayant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\a.tʁɛ.jɑ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#24,113
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « attrayant »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.attrayantse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « attractive » (#24,112), « aune » (#24,115), « attarde » (#24,110). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « attrayant » est au #24,113. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around attrayant (IPA \a.tʁɛ.jɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #24,113 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui a de l’attrait.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for attrayant, with forms such as "atrayant", "atrtayant", and "attaryant". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "attrayante", "attrapent", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is attrayant, spelled A-T-T-R-A-Y-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a de l’attrait.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how attrayant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. On ne peut avoir la prétention de défendre au vendeur d’engraisser son cheval, avant la vente, de la manière qui lui convient ; c’est une adresse ou une supercherie qui rend la marchandise attrayante ; […].
  2. Cependant, la vie en Sibérie devenait de moins en moins attrayante pour moi, bien que mon frère Alexandre m’eût rejoint en 1864 à Irkoutsk, où il commandait un escadron de Cosaques.

Synonyms

attirantplaisantséduisant

Antonyms

dégoûtantdéplaisantinattrayant

This word in other languages

attractive(English)atrayente(Español)atraente(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atrayant
  • atrtayant
  • attaryant
  • attraaynt
  • attrayannt
  • attrayantt
  • attrayatn
  • attraynat
  • attrayyant
  • attrrayant
  • attryaant
  • tatrayant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of attrayant - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

atrayant1atrtayant2attaryant2attraaynt2attrayannt1attrayantt1attrayatn2attraynat2
Edit distance from "attrayant"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "attrayant"?
"attrayant" is spelled A-T-T-R-A-Y-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a.tʁɛ.jɑ̃\.
What does "attrayant" mean?
As an adjective, "attrayant" means: Qui a de l’attrait.
What words are commonly confused with "attrayant"?
"attrayant" is commonly confused with "attrayante", "attrapent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "attrayant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "attrayant" is \a.tʁɛ.jɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "attrayant" come from?
"attrayant" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "attrayant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

asphyxie12 variantsarriverais12 variantsarchiduc12 variantsChamonix12 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list