Arbeit
\ˈaʁ.baɪ̯t\
The verdict
“Arbeit” is an uncommon French word, ranked #79,937 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #79,937
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Travail, peine que l'on prend à faire quelque chose.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Arbeit |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈaʁ.baɪ̯t\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #79,937 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Arbeit” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Arbeit is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˈaʁ.baɪ̯t\. Corpus data places it at rank #79,937 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Arbeit, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Arbeit, spelled A-R-B-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Travail, peine que l'on prend à faire quelque chose.
- 2Travail : emploi.
- 3Travail de construction, de rénovation, etc. (comme en français souvent au pluriel).
- 4Travail : ouvrage, tâche, chose que l'on a fait ou qui est à faire.
- 5Contrôle scolaire, devoir surveillé, composition écrite.
- 6Étude, article.
- 7Travail effectué par une force.
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.
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Using “Arbeit”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-R-B-E-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ˈaʁ.baɪ̯t\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.