salle d'armes

noun

"salle-d-armes" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“salle d'armes” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A hall or room used for fencing.

Corpus desk

Index EN-salle-d-armes · salle d'armes · English

salle d'armes · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for salle d'armes
PropertyValue
Headwordsalle d'armes
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “salle d'armes” in English

salle d'armesfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

salle d'armes is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A hall or room used for fencing.".

salle d'armes doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From French salle d'armes. The correct English form is salle d'armes, spelled S-A-L-L-E- -D-'-A-R-M-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    A hall or room used for fencing.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. To the fencing masters and the thousands of amateurs frequenting the salles d'armes of Paris, Saint-Georges personified the art of fencing...

Etymology

From French salle d'armes.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "salle d'armes"?
"salle d'armes" is spelled S-A-L-L-E- -D-'-A-R-M-E-S.
What does "salle d'armes" mean?
As a noun, "salle d'armes" means: A hall or room used for fencing.
What is the origin of the word "salle d'armes"?
From French salle d'armes. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list