# arbitrage

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɑɹbɪˌtɹɑʒ/ · frequency rank #36,432

## Definitions
1. A market activity in which a security, commodity, currency or other tradable item is bought in one market and sold simultaneously in another, in order to profit from price differences between the markets.
2. Arbitration.

## Etymology
An unadapted borrowing from French arbitrage, from arbitrer (“to arbitrate”); see arbitrate.

## Easily confused with
- **Armitage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arbitrage-vs-armitage)
- **arbitrary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arbitrage-vs-arbitrary)

## Common misspellings (13)
`abritrage`, `arbbitrage`, `arbirtage`, `arbitarge`, `arbitraeg`, `arbitragge`, `arbitrgae`, `arbitrrage`, `arbittrage`, `arbtirage`, `aribtrage`, `arrbitrage`, `rabitrage`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/arbitrage