acarien
\a.ka.ʁjɛ̃\
The verdict
“acarien” is an uncommon French word, ranked #85,429 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #85,429
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tout membre d’un groupe de petits arachnides, les Acari, souvent parasites et pathogènes pour d'autres organismes vivants. Il en existe plus de 50 000 espèces.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | acarien |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.ka.ʁjɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #85,429 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “acarien” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for acarien is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.ka.ʁjɛ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #85,429 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tout membre d’un groupe de petits arachnides, les Acari, souvent parasites et pathogènes pour d'autres organismes vivants. Il en existe plus de 50 000 espèces.".
Zero misspellings are on record for acarien in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is acarien, spelled A-C-A-R-I-E-N.
Definition
- 1Tout membre d’un groupe de petits arachnides, les Acari, souvent parasites et pathogènes pour d'autres organismes vivants. Il en existe plus de 50 000 espèces.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “acarien”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-C-A-R-I-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.ka.ʁjɛ̃\ (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.