aubergine

\o.bɛʁ.ʒin\

/\o.bɛʁ.ʒin\/ noun

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The verdict

“aubergine” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,386. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,386
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plante herbacée de la famille des solanacées qui porte des fruits blancs semblables à des œufs, ou de forme allongée comme les concombres, et de couleur violette, jaune ou rougeâtre (Solanum melong...

Corpus desk

Index FR-aubergine · aubergine · French

aubergine · rank #35,386 · 12 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,386
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH attachez

Nearest frequency peer: attachez (-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 « aubergine »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « aubergine » 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).

aubergine vs Auvergne
67% similar
aubergine vs aubergines
90% similar
aubergine vs aubergiste
80% similar

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

Key facts for aubergine
PropertyValue
Headwordaubergine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\o.bɛʁ.ʒin\
Letters9
Frequency rank#35,386
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « aubergine »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « attachez » (#35,385), « aubergines » (#35,387), « asymétrie » (#35,384). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « aubergine » est au #35,386. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around aubergine (IPA \o.bɛʁ.ʒin\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,386 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for aubergine, with forms such as "abuergine", "aubbergine", and "aubegrine". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Auvergne", "aubergines", "aubergiste", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is aubergine, spelled A-U-B-E-R-G-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plante herbacée de la famille des solanacées qui porte des fruits blancs semblables à des œufs, ou de forme allongée comme les concombres, et de couleur violette, jaune ou rougeâtre (Solanum melongena).
  2. 2
    Fruit de cette plante, de couleur magenta-pourpre à violet, très sombre, de la famille des solanacées, utilisé comme légume, notamment dans la cuisine méditerranéenne, et servant à réaliser des plats tels que la moussaka ou la ratatouille.
  3. 3
    Auxiliaire féminine de police, chargée du contrôle du stationnement, appelée ainsi à l’origine en raison de la couleur de son uniforme, proche de celle du fruit.
  4. 4
    Nom local de l’aubergine africaine
  5. 5
    Œil au beurre noir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En mars, les fèves commencent à se former, tandis qu’on sème concombres et aubergines, ainsi que citronnelle et marjolaine.
  2. La domestication a eu lieu dans une région située entre l’Inde, le Myanmar et la Chine où on trouve toujours des types primitifs ou adventices d’aubergines.

Synonyms

brinjalbringellemayennemélanzanemélongènemélongineméringeannemerangènecontractuellepervenche

This word in other languages

aubergine(English)berenjena(Español)Aubergine(Deutsch)beringela(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abuergine
  • aubbergine
  • aubegrine
  • auberggine
  • aubergien
  • auberginne
  • aubergnie
  • auberigne
  • auberrgine
  • aubregine
  • auebrgine
  • uabergine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aubergine - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

abuergine2aubbergine1aubegrine2auberggine1aubergien2auberginne1aubergnie2auberigne2
Edit distance from "aubergine"

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 "aubergine"?
"aubergine" is spelled A-U-B-E-R-G-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \o.bɛʁ.ʒin\.
What does "aubergine" mean?
As a noun, "aubergine" means: Plante herbacée de la famille des solanacées qui porte des fruits blancs semblables à des œufs, ou de forme allongée comme les concombres, et de couleur violette, jaune ou rougeâtre (Solanum melong...
What words are commonly confused with "aubergine"?
"aubergine" is commonly confused with "Auvergne", "aubergines", "aubergiste". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aubergine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aubergine" is \o.bɛʁ.ʒin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aubergine" come from?
"aubergine" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

asymétrie#35,384Archibald#35,380barbecues#35,392blaireaux#35,399

Similar misspelling depth

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

altitudes12 variantsallégresse12 variantscantonner12 variantsabsinthe12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list