arbalétrier
\aʁ.ba.le.tʁi.je\
The verdict
“arbalétrier” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui se servait de l’arbalète.
Corpus desk
Index FR-arbaletrier · arbalétrier · French
arbalétrier · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arbalétrier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \aʁ.ba.le.tʁi.je\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « arbalétrier » en français
Rare enough to double-check
arbalétrier is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \aʁ.ba.le.tʁi.je\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for arbalétrier, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 arbalétrier, spelled A-R-B-A-L-É-T-R-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Personne qui se servait de l’arbalète.
- 2Synonyme de martinet noir (oiseau).
- 3Nom commun des balistes (poissons).
- 4Chacune de deux pièces de bois qui servent à former le comble d’un bâtiment de manière à s’assembler par leur extrémité supérieure dans la pièce de bois verticale qu’on appelle aiguille ou poinçon, et par l’autre extrémité dans la poutre horizontale qu’on nomme entrait.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how arbalétrier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
De Bracy sonna du cor à trois reprises, et les archers et arbalétriers, qui avaient paru sur le mur à l’approche de la petite troupe, se hâtèrent de baisser le pont-levis et de l’introduire.
[…], les meurtrières pratiquées dans les merlons de pierre restaient démasquées dans leur partie inférieure et permettaient aux arbalétriers postés au dedans du parapet sur ce chemin de ronde de lancer des traits sur les assaillants.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.