Aveyron

\a.ve.ʁɔ̃\

/\a.ve.ʁɔ̃\/ name

The verdict

“Aveyron” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,551. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,551
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rivière se jetant dans le Tarn, en Occitanie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-aveyron · Aveyron · French

Aveyron · rank #16,551 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #16,551
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH associatif

Nearest frequency peer: associatif (-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 « Aveyron »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Aveyron » 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).

Aveyron vs aviron
57% similar

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

Key facts for Aveyron
PropertyValue
HeadwordAveyron
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\a.ve.ʁɔ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#16,551
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Aveyron »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Aveyronse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « associatif » (#16,550), « award » (#16,552), « Bachar » (#16,553). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « Aveyron » est au #16,551. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Aveyron (IPA \a.ve.ʁɔ̃\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #16,551 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Aveyron, with forms such as "aevyron", "averyon", and "aveyorn". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "aviron", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Aveyron, spelled A-V-E-Y-R-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rivière se jetant dans le Tarn, en Occitanie.
  2. 2
    Département français d’Occitanie, limitrophe des départements du Tarn, de Tarn-et-Garonne, du Lot, de l’Hérault, du Gard, de la Lozère et du Cantal.
  3. 3
    Rivière française se jetant dans le Loing.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. PÈNE ou PENNE, (Géog. mod.) petite ville de France, dans le Languedoc, près de l’Aveyron, avec un château ruiné.
  2. Dans une petite ville de l’Aveyron ou des Pyrénées, le moindre incident eut été rendu décisif par le feu du climat.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aevyron
  • averyon
  • aveyorn
  • aveyrno
  • aveyronn
  • aveyrron
  • aveyyron
  • avveyron
  • avyeron
  • vaeyron

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aevyron2averyon2aveyorn2aveyrno2aveyronn1aveyrron1aveyyron1avveyron1
Edit distance from "Aveyron"

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 "Aveyron"?
"Aveyron" is spelled A-V-E-Y-R-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ve.ʁɔ̃\.
What does "Aveyron" mean?
As a proper noun, "Aveyron" means: Rivière se jetant dans le Tarn, en Occitanie.
What words are commonly confused with "Aveyron"?
"Aveyron" is commonly confused with "aviron". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Aveyron"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Aveyron" is \a.ve.ʁɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Aveyron" come from?
"Aveyron" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list