aubin

\o.bɛ̃\

/\o.bɛ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“aubin” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,400. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,400
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Allure dans laquelle un cheval galope de devant et trotte du train de derrière, à l’inverse du traquenard.

Corpus desk

Index FR-aubin · aubin · French

aubin · rank #18,400 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,400
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH atterri

Nearest frequency peer: atterri (-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 « aubin »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « aubin » 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).

aubin vs aucun
60% similar
aubin vs audio
60% similar
aubin vs audit
60% similar

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

Key facts for aubin
PropertyValue
Headwordaubin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\o.bɛ̃\
Letters5
Frequency rank#18,400
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « aubin »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).aubinse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « atterri » (#18,399), « aus » (#18,401), « attentions » (#18,398). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « aubin » est au #18,400. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around aubin (IPA \o.bɛ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,400 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for aubin, with forms such as "abuin", "aubbin", and "aubinn". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "aucun", "audio", "audit", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is aubin, spelled A-U-B-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Allure dans laquelle un cheval galope de devant et trotte du train de derrière, à l’inverse du traquenard.
  2. 2
    Cheval qui a cette allure.
  3. 3
    Blanc d’œuf

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […] l'entrepas tient du pas et de l'amble, et l'aubin tient du trot et du galop, l'un et l'autre viennent des excès d'une longue fatigue ou d'une grande faiblesse de reins ; les chevaux de messagerie qu'on surcharge, commencent à aller l'entrepas au lieu du trot à mesure qu'ils se ruinent, et les chevaux de poste ruinés, qu'on presse de galoper, vont l'au…
  2. L’aubin est un mélange de trot et de galop…, type même des allures détraquées et irrégulières. Il révèle un cheval mal monté, surmené, voire définitivement ruiné.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abuin
  • aubbin
  • aubinn
  • aubni
  • auibn
  • uabin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aubin - 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.

abuin2aubbin1aubinn1aubni2auibn2uabin2
Edit distance from "aubin"

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 "aubin"?
"aubin" is spelled A-U-B-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \o.bɛ̃\.
What does "aubin" mean?
As a noun, "aubin" means: Allure dans laquelle un cheval galope de devant et trotte du train de derrière, à l’inverse du traquenard.
What words are commonly confused with "aubin"?
"aubin" is commonly confused with "aucun", "audio", "audit". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aubin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aubin" is \o.bɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aubin" come from?
"aubin" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list