avaler

\a.va.le\

/\a.va.le\/ verb

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The verdict

“avaler” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,273. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,273
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire descendre par le gosier dans l’estomac.

Corpus desk

Index FR-avaler · avaler · French

avaler · rank #9,273 · 8 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,273
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH auteure

Nearest frequency peer: auteure (-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 « avaler »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « avaler » 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).

avaler vs avare
67% similar
avaler vs avouer
67% similar
avaler vs avatar
67% similar

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

Key facts for avaler
PropertyValue
Headwordavaler
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.va.le\
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,273
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « avaler »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.avalerse 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 « auteure » (#9,272), « averti » (#9,274), « Aude » (#9,271). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « avaler » est au #9,273. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around avaler (IPA \a.va.le\), averb. Corpus frequency is #9,273 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 13 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for avaler, with forms such as "aavler", "avaelr", and "avalerr". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "avare", "avouer", "avatar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is avaler, spelled A-V-A-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faire descendre par le gosier dans l’estomac.
  2. 2
    Manger ou boire rapidement ; manger sans mâcher ou en mâchant à peine.
  3. 3
    Absorber (en parlant d'un territoire).
  4. 4
    Absorber (en parlant d'un territoire).
  5. 5
    Anéantir en étant plus fort (en parlant d'un bruit).
  6. 6
    Parcourir des lieux, absorber rapidement.
  7. 7
    Croire.
  8. 8
    Accepter, supporter.
  9. 9
    Abaisser, faire descendre.
  10. 10
    Couper près du tronc.
  11. 11
    Suivre le courant de la rivière, vers l’aval.
  12. 12
    Pendre, descendre trop bas.
  13. 13
    Pour un distributeur, ne pas restituer une carte magnétique ou à puce, tout particulièrement une carte bancaire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le Secours national livrait aux écoles des gâteaux vitaminés et une pastille rose que les gosses avalaient et qui était censés donner les vitamines nécessaires à la croissance .
  2. Je n’ai plus faim, je ne peux plus rien avaler.

Synonyms

absorberboiredéglutiringéreringurgitermangergoberdévorerengloutirgobergobercapturer

This word in other languages

swallow(English)tragar(Español)schlucken(Deutsch)engolir(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aavler
  • avaelr
  • avalerr
  • avaller
  • avalre
  • avlaer
  • avvaler
  • vaaler

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of avaler - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

aavler2avaelr2avalerr1avaller1avalre2avlaer2avvaler1vaaler2
Edit distance from "avaler"

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 "avaler"?
"avaler" is spelled A-V-A-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.va.le\.
What does "avaler" mean?
As a verb, "avaler" means: Faire descendre par le gosier dans l’estomac.
What words are commonly confused with "avaler"?
"avaler" is commonly confused with "avare", "avouer", "avatar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "avaler"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "avaler" is \a.va.le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "avaler" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

averti#9,274astuce#9,269ballet#9,277branle#9,281

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

auteure8 variantsbancs8 variantsépuisé8 variantseurent8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list