arai

\a.ʁe\

/\a.ʁe\/ verb

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The verdict

“arai” is uncommon French (frequency #92,430 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,430
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe arer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-arai · arai · French

arai · rank #92,430 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,430
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH arguties

Nearest frequency peer: arguties (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « arai »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « arai » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for arai
PropertyValue
Headwordarai
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.ʁe\
Letters4
Frequency rank#92,430
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « arai » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.araitombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « arguties » (#92,431), « aprendre » (#92,428), « appréhendées » (#92,427). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « arai » est au #92,430. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

arai is uncommon French at frequency #92,430 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \a.ʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Première personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe arer.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for arai in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is arai, spelled A-R-A-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe arer.

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 "arai"?
"arai" is spelled A-R-A-I. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ʁe\.
What does "arai" mean?
As a verb, "arai" means: Première personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe arer.
How do you pronounce "arai"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "arai" is \a.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "arai" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Anor#92,413baia#92,455alaa#92,397wouf#92,341

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list