avarié

\a.va.ʁje\

/\a.va.ʁje\/ adj

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The verdict

“avarié” is uncommon French (frequency #84,538 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,538
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualifie les marchandises gâtées dans un navire durant un voyage.

Corpus desk

Index FR-avarie · avarié · French

avarié · rank #84,538 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,538
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH autorisons

Nearest frequency peer: autorisons (-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 “avarié”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “avarié” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for avarié
PropertyValue
Headwordavarié
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\a.va.ʁje\
Letters6
Frequency rank#84,538
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “avarié” se place dans la fréquence du français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).avariése 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 « autorisons » (#84,537), « automatise » (#84,536), « Avesnois » (#84,540). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

avarié is uncommon French at frequency #84,538 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.va.ʁje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for avarié in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is avarié, spelled A-V-A-R-I-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qualifie les marchandises gâtées dans un navire durant un voyage.
  2. 2
    (Pour des aliments) Qui présente des signes de putréfaction.
  3. 3
    (Pour une machine) Qui est endommagé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cette viande est avariée, nous ne pouvons plus la manger.
  2. Après cette longue randonnée, le moteur de la voiture était tout avarié.

This word in other languages

rotten(English)podrido(Español)verdorben(Deutsch)

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 "avarié"?
"avarié" is spelled A-V-A-R-I-É. The IPA pronunciation is \a.va.ʁje\.
What does "avarié" mean?
As an adjective, "avarié" means: Qualifie les marchandises gâtées dans un navire durant un voyage.
How do you pronounce "avarié"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "avarié" is \a.va.ʁje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "avarié" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

aronde#84,523Armide#84,521arkana#84,519Araujo#84,517

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list