araignée

\a.ʁɛ.ɲe\

/\a.ʁɛ.ɲe\/ noun

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The verdict

“araignée” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,449. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,449
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Toile faite par l’aragne (l’araignée).

Corpus desk

Index FR-araignee · araignée · French

araignée · rank #10,449 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,449
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH apparences

Nearest frequency peer: apparences (-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 « araignée »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « araignée » 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).

araignée vs assignée
75% similar
araignée vs araignées
89% similar
araignée vs alignée
75% similar

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

Key facts for araignée
PropertyValue
Headwordaraignée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.ʁɛ.ɲe\
Letters8
Frequency rank#10,449
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « araignée »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « apparences » (#10,448), « annuelles » (#10,447), « artisanat » (#10,451). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « araignée » est au #10,449. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around araignée (IPA \a.ʁɛ.ɲe\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,449 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Toile faite par l’aragne (l’araignée).".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for araignée, with forms such as "aarignée", "araginée", and "araiggnée". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "assignée", "araignées", "alignée", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is araignée, spelled A-R-A-I-G-N-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Toile faite par l’aragne (l’araignée).

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. J’ai ôté les araignées du plafond et des boiseries.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aarignée
  • araginée
  • araiggnée
  • araignee
  • araigneé
  • araignnée
  • araigéne
  • araingée
  • ariagnée
  • arraignée
  • raaignée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aarignée2araginée2araiggnée1araignee1araigneé2araignnée1araigéne2araingée2
Edit distance from "araignée"

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 "araignée"?
"araignée" is spelled A-R-A-I-G-N-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ʁɛ.ɲe\.
What does "araignée" mean?
As a noun, "araignée" means: Toile faite par l’aragne (l’araignée).
What words are commonly confused with "araignée"?
"araignée" is commonly confused with "assignée", "araignées", "alignée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "araignée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "araignée" is \a.ʁɛ.ɲe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "araignée" come from?
"araignée" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

annuaire#10,445Bouygues#10,461achètent#10,436évoquant#10,431

Similar misspelling depth

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

comptez11 variantstristes11 variantstramway11 variantscracher11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list