Arbeit

\ˈaʁ.baɪ̯t\

/\ˈaʁ.baɪ̯t\/ noun

The verdict

“Arbeit” is uncommon French (frequency #79,937 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,937
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Travail, peine que l'on prend à faire quelque chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-arbeit · Arbeit · French

Arbeit · rank #79,937 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,937
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH appréhendais

Nearest frequency peer: appréhendais (-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 « Arbeit »

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 « Arbeit » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Arbeit
PropertyValue
HeadwordArbeit
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈaʁ.baɪ̯t\
Letters6
Frequency rank#79,937
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Arbeit » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Arbeittombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « appréhendais » (#79,936), « archaïsmes » (#79,938), « approfondissant » (#79,935). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « Arbeit » est au #79,937. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Arbeit is uncommon French at frequency #79,937 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈaʁ.baɪ̯t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.

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

  1. 1
    Travail, peine que l'on prend à faire quelque chose.
  2. 2
    Travail : emploi.
  3. 3
    Travail de construction, de rénovation, etc. (comme en français souvent au pluriel).
  4. 4
    Travail : ouvrage, tâche, chose que l'on a fait ou qui est à faire.
  5. 5
    Contrôle scolaire, devoir surveillé, composition écrite.
  6. 6
    Étude, article.
  7. 7
    Travail effectué par une force.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Arbeit wächst mir über den Kopf. — (Assimil, L’allemand sans peine, 1935).
  2. An die Arbeit gehen / Sich an die Arbeit machen.

Synonyms

Antonyms

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 "Arbeit"?
"Arbeit" is spelled A-R-B-E-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈaʁ.baɪ̯t\.
What does "Arbeit" mean?
As a noun, "Arbeit" means: Travail, peine que l'on prend à faire quelque chose.
How do you pronounce "Arbeit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Arbeit" is \ˈaʁ.baɪ̯t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list