avail

\əˈveɪl\

/\əˈveɪl\/ noun

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The verdict

“avail” is uncommon French (frequency #78,152 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,152
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Résultat positif, succès.

Corpus desk

Index FR-avail · avail · French

avail · rank #78,152 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,152
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH autorises

Nearest frequency peer: autorises (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « avail »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « avail » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for avail
PropertyValue
Headwordavail
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\əˈveɪl\
Letters5
Frequency rank#78,152
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « avail » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.availtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « autorises » (#78,151), « Aveyronnais » (#78,153), « aurifères » (#78,150). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « avail » est au #78,152. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

avail is uncommon French at frequency #78,152 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \əˈveɪl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Résultat positif, succès.".

No misspelling variants are generated for avail in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is avail, spelled A-V-A-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Résultat positif, succès.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Charles May afterward related the unfortunate occurrence to his wife and explained that he had apologised to the son for the hasty blow, but without avail.

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 "avail"?
"avail" is spelled A-V-A-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is \əˈveɪl\.
What does "avail" mean?
As a noun, "avail" means: Résultat positif, succès.
How do you pronounce "avail"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "avail" is \əˈveɪl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "avail" come from?
"avail" 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 "avail", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

azéri#78,157badie#78,159bantu#78,164bayes#78,168

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list