Artois
/ɑːˈtwɑː/
"artois" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Artois” is uncommon English (frequency #62,683 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,683
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A geographic region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the region of Hauts-de-France.
Corpus desk
Index EN-artois · Artois · English
Artois · rank #62,683 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,683
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Arrieta
Nearest frequency peer: Arrieta (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Artois”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- areola
areola
37,322 corpus weight
- armrest
armrest
37,320 corpus weight
- Arrieta
Arrieta
37,319 corpus weight
- Artois
Artois
37,318 corpus weight
- Ashkelon
Ashkelon
37,317 corpus weight
- Ashmore
Ashmore
37,316 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Artois” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “Artois” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Artois is uncommon English at frequency #62,683 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ɑːˈtwɑː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Artois appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The chestnut was chestan ( O. Fr. chastaigne); the wild cherry, gean or guin (Fr. guigne), a word still in use, and the name of which may be derived from Guienne, notwithstanding a notion prevailing in the north that the blackaroon, or blacksherry, was originally brought from Guines, in Artois.
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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