aveugle

\a.vœɡl\

/\a.vœɡl\/ adj

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The verdict

“aveugle” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,895. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,895
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Privé du sens de la vue, en parlant d’une personne ou d’un animal.

Corpus desk

Index FR-aveugle · aveugle · French

aveugle · rank #3,895 · 9 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,895
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH assister

Nearest frequency peer: assister (-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 « aveugle »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « aveugle » 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).

aveugle vs aveugler
88% similar
aveugle vs aveuglés
75% similar

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

Key facts for aveugle
PropertyValue
Headwordaveugle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\a.vœɡl\
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,895
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « aveugle »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).aveuglese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « assister » (#3,894), « baisser » (#3,896), « apprécie » (#3,893). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « aveugle » est au #3,895. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around aveugle (IPA \a.vœɡl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,895 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for aveugle, with forms such as "aevugle", "avegule", and "aveugel". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "aveugler", "aveuglés", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 aveugle, spelled A-V-E-U-G-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Privé du sens de la vue, en parlant d’une personne ou d’un animal.
  2. 2
    Qui n’a pas de fenêtre, en parlant d’une pièce ou d’un bâtiment.
  3. 3
    Qualifie une personne à qui la passion trouble le jugement, ou qui manque de lumières, de raison.
  4. 4
    Qualifie les passions qui troublent le jugement ou plus globalement des sentiments qui ne permettent pas la réflexion, l’examen critique.
  5. 5
    Qui agit ou paraît agir sans aucun discernement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il est aveugle.
  2. Un cheval aveugle.

This word in other languages

blind(English)ciego(Español)blind(Deutsch)cego(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aevugle
  • avegule
  • aveugel
  • aveuggle
  • aveuglle
  • aveulge
  • avuegle
  • avveugle
  • vaeugle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aveugle - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

aevugle2avegule2aveugel2aveuggle1aveuglle1aveulge2avuegle2avveugle1
Edit distance from "aveugle"

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 "aveugle"?
"aveugle" is spelled A-V-E-U-G-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.vœɡl\.
What does "aveugle" mean?
As an adjective, "aveugle" means: Privé du sens de la vue, en parlant d’une personne ou d’un animal.
What words are commonly confused with "aveugle"?
"aveugle" is commonly confused with "aveugler", "aveuglés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aveugle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aveugle" is \a.vœɡl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aveugle" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

baisser#3,896adopter#3,891diriger#3,911essayez#3,913

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

tester9 variantsexcuses9 variantsforcer9 variantsmignon9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list