Arrondissement

[aʁõdɪsˈmɑ̃ː]

/[aʁõdɪsˈmɑ̃ː]/ noun

The verdict

“Arrondissement” is uncommon German (frequency #82,506 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,506
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bezeichnung verschiedener Verwaltungsbezirke in Frankreich, Belgien, Kanada und anderen Ländern

Corpus desk

Index DE-arrondissement · Arrondissement · German

Arrondissement · rank #82,506 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,506
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH aromatischer

Nearest frequency peer: aromatischer (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Arrondissement“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Arrondissement“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Arrondissement
PropertyValue
HeadwordArrondissement
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aʁõdɪsˈmɑ̃ː]
Letters14
Frequency rank#82,506
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Arrondissement“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Arrondissementfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „aromatischer“ (#82,505), „Artilleriefeuer“ (#82,507), „Arkadien“ (#82,504). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Arrondissement“ bei #82,506. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Arrondissement is uncommon German at frequency #82,506 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aʁõdɪsˈmɑ̃ː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bezeichnung verschiedener Verwaltungsbezirke in Frankreich, Belgien, Kanada und anderen Ländern".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Arrondissement, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Arrondissement, spelled A-R-R-O-N-D-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bezeichnung verschiedener Verwaltungsbezirke in Frankreich, Belgien, Kanada und anderen Ländern

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Belgien ist in 43 Arrondissements eingeteilt.
  2. „Am folgenden Sonntag standen sie und Adrienne mit einer schwitzenden Flasche weißem Bordeaux im 16. Arrondissement und warteten darauf, dass André Spire oder seine Frau ihnen die Tür öffnete.“

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Arrondissement"?
"Arrondissement" is spelled A-R-R-O-N-D-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is [aʁõdɪsˈmɑ̃ː].
What does "Arrondissement" mean?
As a noun, "Arrondissement" means: Bezeichnung verschiedener Verwaltungsbezirke in Frankreich, Belgien, Kanada und anderen Ländern
How do you pronounce "Arrondissement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Arrondissement" is [aʁõdɪsˈmɑ̃ː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Arrondissement" come from?
"Arrondissement" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list