Arabe du coin
\a.ʁab dy kwɛ̃\
The verdict
“Arabe du coin” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nord-Africain tenant une épicerie de quartier ouvrant tard le soir et le week-end et, par extension, tout épicier de proximité. Bien que généralement utilisée sans intention raciste, l’expression e...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Arabe du coin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.ʁab dy kwɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Arabe du coin” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Arabe du coin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.ʁab dy kwɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Arabe du coin in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Arabe du coin, spelled A-R-A-B-E- -D-U- -C-O-I-N.
Definition
- 1Nord-Africain tenant une épicerie de quartier ouvrant tard le soir et le week-end et, par extension, tout épicier de proximité. Bien que généralement utilisée sans intention raciste, l’expression est toutefois considérée comme péjorative.
- 2L'épicerie elle-même.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Arabe du coin”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-R-A-B-E- -D-U- -C-O-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.ʁab dy kwɛ̃\ (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.