avertissent

\a.vɛʁ.tis\

/\a.vɛʁ.tis\/ verb

The verdict

“avertissent” is uncommon French (frequency #55,758 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,758
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de avertir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-avertissent · avertissent · French

avertissent · rank #55,758 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,758
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH available

Nearest frequency peer: available (-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 « avertissent »

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 « avertissent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for avertissent
PropertyValue
Headwordavertissent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.vɛʁ.tis\
Letters11
Frequency rank#55,758
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « avertissent » en français

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « available » (#55,757), « azul » (#55,759), « Aunis » (#55,756). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « avertissent » est au #55,758. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

avertissent is uncommon French at frequency #55,758 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \a.vɛʁ.tis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for avertissent in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is avertissent, spelled A-V-E-R-T-I-S-S-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de avertir.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif imparfait de avertir.
  3. 3
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif présent de avertir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. « Il y a des choufs », soit des guetteurs, qui avertissent ces petits délinquants.

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 "avertissent"?
"avertissent" is spelled A-V-E-R-T-I-S-S-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a.vɛʁ.tis\.
What does "avertissent" mean?
As a verb, "avertissent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de avertir.
How do you pronounce "avertissent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "avertissent" is \a.vɛʁ.tis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list