avale

/\a.val\/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#17,347

in French word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

avale is aFrenchverb. It means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe avaler. Pronounced \a.val\. Often confused with ave and avant.

Key facts for avale
PropertyValue
Headwordavale
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.val\
Letters5
Frequency rank#17,347
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of avale in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for avale is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.val\. Corpus data places it at rank #17,347 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for avale, with forms such as "aavle", "avael", and "avalle". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ave", "avant", "avoué", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is avale, spelled A-V-A-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe avaler.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe avaler.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe avaler.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe avaler.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif du verbe avaler.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aavle,avael,avalle,avlae,avvale,vaale

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for avale

Misspelling Variants of "avale"

aavle5avael5avalle6avlae5avvale6vaale5
Misspelling Variants of "avale"

Frequency rank: #17,347 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "avale"?
"avale" is spelled A-V-A-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.val\.
What does "avale" mean?
As a verb, "avale" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe avaler.
What words are commonly confused with "avale"?
"avale" is commonly confused with "ave", "avant", "avoué". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "avale"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "avale" is \a.val\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "avale" come from?
"avale" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.