Arbois

\aʁ.bwa\

/\aʁ.bwa\/ name

The verdict

“Arbois” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,341. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,341
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département du Jura.

Corpus desk

Index FR-arbois · Arbois · French

Arbois · rank #48,341 · 8 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,341
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH Armageddon

Nearest frequency peer: Armageddon (+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 « Arbois »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Arbois » 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).

Arbois vs aris
50% similar
Arbois vs Argos
67% similar
Arbois vs Artis
67% similar

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

Key facts for Arbois
PropertyValue
HeadwordArbois
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\aʁ.bwa\
Letters6
Frequency rank#48,341
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Arbois »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Arboisse 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 « Armageddon » (#48,342), « appuiera » (#48,339), « appréciaient » (#48,338). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « Arbois » est au #48,341. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Arbois (IPA \aʁ.bwa\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #48,341 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Arbois, with forms such as "abrois", "arbbois", and "arbios". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "aris", "Argos", "Artis", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Arbois, spelled A-R-B-O-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département du Jura.
  2. 2
    Canton français, situé dans le département du Jura.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Une tannerie était à louer, dans les environs, à l'entrée même de la ville d’Arbois, près du pont bâti sur la Cuisance, rivière qui prend sa source à une lieue de là.
  2. « En ces temps-là, la Bourgogne était heureuse »… et la Franche-Comté itou. Des coteaux d’Arbois, de Poligny et de Salins, descendait, chaque automne, avec les cuves pleines, le beau vin couleur peau d’oignon, jailli des grappes de poulsard, et les vignerons à rouge trogne bénissaient le Seigneur dont le bon soleil gorgeait de vie les pampres vigoureux et…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abrois
  • arbbois
  • arbios
  • arboiss
  • arbosi
  • arobis
  • arrbois
  • rabois

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Arbois - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

abrois2arbbois1arbios2arboiss1arbosi2arobis2arrbois1rabois2
Edit distance from "Arbois"

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 "Arbois"?
"Arbois" is spelled A-R-B-O-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \aʁ.bwa\.
What does "Arbois" mean?
As a proper noun, "Arbois" means: Commune française, située dans le département du Jura.
What words are commonly confused with "Arbois"?
"Arbois" is commonly confused with "aris", "Argos", "Artis". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Arbois"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Arbois" is \aʁ.bwa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Arbois" come from?
"Arbois" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list