arabesque
[a.ʁa.bɛsk]
The verdict
“arabesque” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arabeske, Schnörkel, Schlängellinie
Corpus desk
Index DE-arabesque · arabesque · German
arabesque · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arabesque |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [a.ʁa.bɛsk] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „arabesque“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
arabesque is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [a.ʁa.bɛsk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Arabeske, Schnörkel, Schlängellinie".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for arabesque, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is arabesque, spelled A-R-A-B-E-S-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Arabeske, Schnörkel, Schlängellinie
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.