avorter

\a.vɔʁ.te\

/\a.vɔʁ.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“avorter” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,657. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,657
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mettre bas accidentellement un fœtus non viable (pour les femmes, on dit « faire une fausse couche »).

Corpus desk

Index FR-avorter · avorter · French

avorter · rank #18,657 · 10 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,657
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH autos

Nearest frequency peer: autos (-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 « avorter »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « avorter » 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).

avorter vs avouer
71% similar
avorter vs aorte
71% similar
avorter vs adorer
71% similar

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

Key facts for avorter
PropertyValue
Headwordavorter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.vɔʁ.te\
Letters7
Frequency rank#18,657
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « avorter »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).avorterse 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 « autos » (#18,656), « baigne » (#18,658), « attachant » (#18,655). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « avorter » est au #18,657. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around avorter (IPA \a.vɔʁ.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #18,657 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for avorter, with forms such as "aovrter", "avoretr", and "avorrter". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "avouer", "aorte", "adorer", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is avorter, spelled A-V-O-R-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mettre bas accidentellement un fœtus non viable (pour les femmes, on dit « faire une fausse couche »).
  2. 2
    Mettre fin volontairement à une grossesse avant son terme.
  3. 3
    Interrompre volontairement une grossesse.
  4. 4
    Rejeter un fœtus par une manœuvre d’avortement.
  5. 5
    Échouer en cours de réalisation, ne pas atteindre les objectifs initiaux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le pronostic [de la fièvre aphteuse] demeure toujours grave, non pas tant par la mortalité d'ailleurs très faible, mais en raison surtout des pertes économiques. Les femelles malades avortent, les laitières ne donnent pour ainsi dire plus de lait. Les veaux et les agneaux succombent facilement.
  2. Beaucoup de femmes, dans le but d'échapper aux conséquences de la maternité, se font avorter; c'est-à-dire qu'elles provoquent l'expulsion du produit de la conception avant qu'il n'ait atteint le développement nécessaire pour naître viable, soit dans le cours des six premiers mois.

Synonyms

décloquerfaire passer

This word in other languages

abort(English)abortar(Español)abtreiben(Deutsch)abortar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aovrter
  • avoretr
  • avorrter
  • avorterr
  • avortre
  • avortter
  • avotrer
  • avroter
  • avvorter
  • vaorter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aovrter2avoretr2avorrter1avorterr1avortre2avortter1avotrer2avroter2
Edit distance from "avorter"

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 "avorter"?
"avorter" is spelled A-V-O-R-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.vɔʁ.te\.
What does "avorter" mean?
As a verb, "avorter" means: Mettre bas accidentellement un fœtus non viable (pour les femmes, on dit « faire une fausse couche »).
What words are commonly confused with "avorter"?
"avorter" is commonly confused with "avouer", "aorte", "adorer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "avorter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "avorter" is \a.vɔʁ.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "avorter" come from?
"avorter" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

assorti#18,654arrondi#18,653basques#18,661blindée#18,666

Similar misspelling depth

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

arriverai10 variantsamandes10 variantsalcools10 variantsboulets10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list