awesome

/\ˈɔː.səm\/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#40,617

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

awesome is anFrenchadj. It means: Impressionnant, imposant, terrifiant. Pronounced \ˈɔː.səm\.

Key facts for awesome
PropertyValue
Headwordawesome
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\ˈɔː.səm\
Letters7
Frequency rank#40,617
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for awesome is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˈɔː.səm\. Corpus data places it at rank #40,617 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for awesome, with forms such as "aewsome", "aweosme", and "awesmoe". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 awesome, spelled A-W-E-S-O-M-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Impressionnant, imposant, terrifiant.
  2. 2
    Super, génial.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aewsome,aweosme,awesmoe,awesoem,awesomme,awessome,awseome,awwesome,waesome

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for awesome

Misspelling Variants of "awesome"

aewsome7aweosme7awesmoe7awesoem7awesomme8awessome8awseome7awwesome8
Misspelling Variants of "awesome"

Frequency rank: #40,617 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "awesome"?
"awesome" is spelled A-W-E-S-O-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈɔː.səm\.
What does "awesome" mean?
As an adj, "awesome" means: Impressionnant, imposant, terrifiant.
What are common misspellings of "awesome"?
Common misspellings include "aewsome", "aweosme", "awesmoe", "awesoem", "awesomme". The correct spelling is "awesome".
How do you pronounce "awesome"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "awesome" is \ˈɔː.səm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "awesome" come from?
"awesome" 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.