Arafat

\a.ʁa.fat\

/\a.ʁa.fat\/ name

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The verdict

“Arafat” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,103. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,103
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Djebel situé près de la Mecque, Mont Arafat.

Corpus desk

Index FR-arafat · Arafat · French

Arafat · rank #23,103 · 8 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,103
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH appréciait

Nearest frequency peer: appréciait (-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 « Arafat »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Arafat » 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
Key facts for Arafat
PropertyValue
HeadwordArafat
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\a.ʁa.fat\
Letters6
Frequency rank#23,103
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Arafat »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « appréciait » (#23,102), « archers » (#23,104), « approvisionnements » (#23,101). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « Arafat » est au #23,103. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Arafat (IPA \a.ʁa.fat\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #23,103 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Arafat, with forms such as "aarfat", "araaft", and "arafatt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Arafat, spelled A-R-A-F-A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Djebel situé près de la Mecque, Mont Arafat.
  2. 2
    Prénom masculin arabe.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La montagne d’Arafat (Djebel-el-Rahma), nommée aussi montagne de la Miséricorde, parce que Dieu y apparut au Prophète, est de la hauteur de 250 pieds, de nature granitique, à 6 heures de la Mecque.
  2. Je me suis séparé de Nahla. Un crève-cœur. Mais avais-je le choix ? Ma nouvelle femme de ménage s’appelle Oum Arafat, la mère d’Arafat. Arafat, c’est donc le prénom de son fils aîné.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aarfat
  • araaft
  • arafatt
  • araffat
  • arafta
  • arfaat
  • arrafat
  • raafat

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Arafat - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

aarfat2araaft2arafatt1araffat1arafta2arfaat2arrafat1raafat2
Edit distance from "Arafat"

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 "Arafat"?
"Arafat" is spelled A-R-A-F-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ʁa.fat\.
What does "Arafat" mean?
As a proper noun, "Arafat" means: Djebel situé près de la Mecque, Mont Arafat.
What are common misspellings of "Arafat"?
Common misspellings include "aarfat", "araaft", "arafatt", "araffat", "arafta". The correct spelling is "Arafat".
How do you pronounce "Arafat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Arafat" is \a.ʁa.fat\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Arafat" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list