avait
\a.vɛ\
The verdict
“avait” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #87. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #87
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe avoir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-avait · avait · French
avait · rank #87 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #87
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH alors
Nearest frequency peer: alors (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “avait”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- va
va
99,917 corpus weight
- encore
encore
99,916 corpus weight
- alors
alors
99,915 corpus weight
- avait
avait
99,914 corpus weight
- entre
entre
99,913 corpus weight
- temps
temps
99,912 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “avait” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | avait |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.vɛ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #87 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “avait” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around avait (IPA \a.vɛ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #87 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe avoir.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for avait, with forms such as "aavit", "avaitt", and "avati". 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, "avi", "avis", "aval", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is avait, spelled A-V-A-I-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe avoir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how avait appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les Cahiers Mac Orlan quant à eux, dont l’Association des amis est présidée par l’infatigable Francis Lacassin (et qui mena un combat homérique et imbrogliesque avec la municipalité de Saint-Cyr-sur-Morin, où l’écrivain avait sa maison), mettent un point d’honneur à publier des inédits de l’auteur du Quai des brumes.
Compte tenu de la pluie qui était tombée, Misty avait sûrement laissé des dizaines de traces qui nous permettraient de remonter jusqu’à elle si on se grouillait un peu.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aavit
- avaitt
- avati
- aviat
- avvait
- vaait
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of avait - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "avait", 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).
What to do next
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- "avait" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "avi". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #87 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "A" letter cohort. A–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.