arbitrer

\aʁ.bi.tʁe\

/\aʁ.bi.tʁe\/ verb

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The verdict

“arbitrer” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,470. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,470
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Décider en qualité d’arbitre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-arbitrer · arbitrer · French

arbitrer · rank #30,470 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,470
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH apprécies

Nearest frequency peer: apprécies (-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 « arbitrer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « arbitrer » 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).

arbitrer vs arborer
75% similar
arbitrer vs arbitre
88% similar
arbitrer vs arbitral
75% similar

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

Key facts for arbitrer
PropertyValue
Headwordarbitrer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\aʁ.bi.tʁe\
Letters8
Frequency rank#30,470
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « arbitrer »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « apprécies » (#30,469), « Armani » (#30,471), « approximations » (#30,468). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « arbitrer » est au #30,470. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around arbitrer (IPA \aʁ.bi.tʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #30,470 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for arbitrer, with forms such as "abritrer", "arbbitrer", and "arbirter". 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, "arborer", "arbitre", "arbitral", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is arbitrer, spelled A-R-B-I-T-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Décider en qualité d’arbitre.
  2. 2
    Diriger en qualité d’arbitre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ils paieront ce qu’il plaira au juge d’arbitrer.
  2. Je m’en remets à ce que le juge en arbitrera.

This word in other languages

arbitrate(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abritrer
  • arbbitrer
  • arbirter
  • arbiterr
  • arbitrerr
  • arbitrrer
  • arbittrer
  • arbtirer
  • aribtrer
  • arrbitrer
  • rabitrer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of arbitrer - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

abritrer2arbbitrer1arbirter2arbiterr2arbitrerr1arbitrrer1arbittrer1arbtirer2
Edit distance from "arbitrer"

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 "arbitrer"?
"arbitrer" is spelled A-R-B-I-T-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \aʁ.bi.tʁe\.
What does "arbitrer" mean?
As a verb, "arbitrer" means: Décider en qualité d’arbitre.
What words are commonly confused with "arbitrer"?
"arbitrer" is commonly confused with "arborer", "arbitre", "arbitral". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "arbitrer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "arbitrer" is \aʁ.bi.tʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "arbitrer" come from?
"arbitrer" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Antigone#30,465alterner#30,458aviateur#30,482bienfait#30,488

Similar misspelling depth

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

attendrai11 variantsbarricade11 variantsadhésif11 variantsaccumulée11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list