arachide

\a.ʁa.ʃid\

/\a.ʁa.ʃid\/ noun

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The verdict

“arachide” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,278. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,278
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Légumineuse originaire du Mexique, cultivée dans les régions tropicales, sub-tropicales et tempérées, et dont les fruits enterrés après la fécondation contiennent des graines oléagineuses qui fourn...

Corpus desk

Index FR-arachide · arachide · French

arachide · rank #32,278 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #32,278
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH appuyait

Nearest frequency peer: appuyait (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « arachide »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « arachide » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

arachide vs arachides
89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for arachide
PropertyValue
Headwordarachide
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.ʁa.ʃid\
Letters8
Frequency rank#32,278
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « arachide »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).arachidese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « appuyait » (#32,277), « archevêques » (#32,279), « apprécieront » (#32,276). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « arachide » est au #32,278. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around arachide (IPA \a.ʁa.ʃid\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,278 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for arachide, with forms such as "aarchide", "aracchide", and "arachdie". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "arachides", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 arachide, spelled A-R-A-C-H-I-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Légumineuse originaire du Mexique, cultivée dans les régions tropicales, sub-tropicales et tempérées, et dont les fruits enterrés après la fécondation contiennent des graines oléagineuses qui fournissent par la pression une huile blanche, d’une saveur agréable.
  2. 2
    Le mot arachide peut aussi désigner le fruit de l'arachide, en tant que synonyme de cacahuète.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’arachide est consommée soit en graine, soit sous forme d’huile, soit sous des formes plus ou moins élaborées issues du marché de l’arachide de bouche et de confiserie : beurre, pâte, farine, confiserie, etc. Les sous-produits donnent lieu à des utilisations diverses : - fourrage pour les pailles, - combustible, compost, panneaux d’agglomérés pour les co…
  2. Plus frais dans l'bocal, que l'arachide dans l'écale.

Synonyms

cacahouètecacahuètepeanutpinotenoix de terrepois de terre

This word in other languages

peanut(English)cacahuete(Español)Erdnuss(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aarchide
  • aracchide
  • arachdie
  • arachhide
  • arachidde
  • arachied
  • aracihde
  • arahcide
  • arcahide
  • arrachide
  • raachide

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of arachide - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

aarchide2aracchide1arachdie2arachhide1arachidde1arachied2aracihde2arahcide2
Edit distance from "arachide"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "arachide"?
"arachide" is spelled A-R-A-C-H-I-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ʁa.ʃid\.
What does "arachide" mean?
As a noun, "arachide" means: Légumineuse originaire du Mexique, cultivée dans les régions tropicales, sub-tropicales et tempérées, et dont les fruits enterrés après la fécondation contiennent des graines oléagineuses qui fourn...
What words are commonly confused with "arachide"?
"arachide" is commonly confused with "arachides". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "arachide"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "arachide" is \a.ʁa.ʃid\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "arachide" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "arachide", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

appuyait#32,277argentée#32,281allument#32,268Alassane#32,266

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

arrêterai11 variantsattaquées11 variantsBalotelli11 variantsBedford11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list