Artois
/ɑːˈtwɑː/
"artois" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Artois” is an uncommon English word, ranked #62,683 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #62,683
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A geographic region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the region of Hauts-de-France.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Artois |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ɑːˈtwɑː/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #62,683 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Artois” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Artois is 6 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɑːˈtwɑː/. Corpus data places it at rank #62,683 in overall English 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.
Zero misspellings are on record for Artois in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. 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.
Etymologically, the entry records: Inherited from Middle English Artoys, from Middle French Artois, Artoys, from Old French Arteis, from Latin Atrebatēs; the modern pronunciation has been readjusted after modern French Artois. The correct English form is Artois, spelled A-R-T-O-I-S.
Definition
- 1A geographic region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the region of Hauts-de-France.
- 2A census-designated place in Glenn County, California, United States.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English Artoys, from Middle French Artois, Artoys, from Old French Arteis, from Latin Atrebatēs; the modern pronunciation has been readjusted after modern French Artois.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Artois”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-R-T-O-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɑːˈtwɑː/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.