avorter

/\a.vɔʁ.te\/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,657

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

avorter is aFrenchverb. It means: Mettre bas accidentellement un fœtus non viable (pour les femmes, on dit « faire une fausse couche »). Pronounced \a.vɔʁ.te\. Often confused with avouer and aorte.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of avorter in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for avorter is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.vɔʁ.te\. Corpus data places it at rank #18,657 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for avorter, with forms such as "aovrter", "avoretr", and "avorrter". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.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 explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is avorter, spelled A-V-O-R-T-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aovrter,avoretr,avorrter,avorterr,avortre,avortter,avotrer,avroter,avvorter,vaorter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for avorter

Misspelling Variants of "avorter"

aovrter7avoretr7avorrter8avorterr8avortre7avortter8avotrer7avroter7
Misspelling Variants of "avorter"

Frequency rank: #18,657 in French

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 covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.