arachide

/\a.ʁa.ʃid\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#32,278

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

arachide is aFrenchnoun. It 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... Pronounced \a.ʁa.ʃid\. Often confused with arachides.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of arachide in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for arachide is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.ʁa.ʃid\. Corpus data places it at rank #32,278 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is arachide, spelled A-R-A-C-H-I-D-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aarchide,aracchide,arachdie,arachhide,arachidde,arachied,aracihde,arahcide,arcahide,arrachide,raachide

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for arachide

Misspelling Variants of "arachide"

aarchide8aracchide9arachdie8arachhide9arachidde9arachied8aracihde8arahcide8
Misspelling Variants of "arachide"

Frequency rank: #32,278 in French

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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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.