arabe littéraire
\a.ʁab li.te.ʁɛʁ\
The verdict
“arabe littéraire” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Langue du Coran, des écrivains, des médias, se distinguant de l'arabe dialectal, qui est utilisé dans la communication orale.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arabe littéraire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.ʁab li.te.ʁɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “arabe littéraire” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for arabe littéraire is 16 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.ʁab li.te.ʁɛʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Langue du Coran, des écrivains, des médias, se distinguant de l'arabe dialectal, qui est utilisé dans la communication orale.".
arabe littéraire doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is arabe littéraire, spelled A-R-A-B-E- -L-I-T-T-É-R-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Langue du Coran, des écrivains, des médias, se distinguant de l'arabe dialectal, qui est utilisé dans la communication orale.
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.
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Using “arabe littéraire”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-R-A-B-E- -L-I-T-T-É-R-A-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.ʁab li.te.ʁɛʁ\ (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.