arborer

\aʁ.bɔ.ʁe\

/\aʁ.bɔ.ʁe\/ verb

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The verdict

“arborer” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,976. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,976
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dresser quelque chose droit comme un arbre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-arborer · arborer · French

arborer · rank #33,976 · 10 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,976
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH annonçaient

Nearest frequency peer: annonçaient (-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 « arborer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « arborer » 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).

arborer vs arbre
71% similar
arborer vs arbres
71% similar
arborer vs arroser
71% similar

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

Key facts for arborer
PropertyValue
Headwordarborer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\aʁ.bɔ.ʁe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#33,976
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « arborer »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).arborerse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « annonçaient » (#33,975), « anglicane » (#33,974), « anatomiques » (#33,973). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « arborer » est au #33,976. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around arborer (IPA \aʁ.bɔ.ʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #33,976 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for arborer, with forms such as "abrorer", "arbborer", and "arboerr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "arbre", "arbres", "arroser", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is arborer, spelled A-R-B-O-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dresser quelque chose droit comme un arbre.
  2. 2
    Montrer avec ostentation face à quelqu'un.
  3. 3
    Hisser pour le montrer, dans le cas d’un pavillon, d’une marque d’un bateau.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Arborer les enseignes. Arborer un étendard. Arborer les drapeaux. Arborer les couleurs nationales. On voit des drapeaux arborés à toutes les fenêtres pour la Fête nationale.
  2. Le gardien lui avait ouvert, quand il s'était présenté en brandissant la bouteille d’eau-de-vie, comme un parlementaire arbore un drapeau blanc aux avant-postes.

This word in other languages

display(English)enarbolar(Español)arvorar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abrorer
  • arbborer
  • arboerr
  • arborerr
  • arborre
  • arborrer
  • arbroer
  • arobrer
  • arrborer
  • raborer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of arborer - 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.

abrorer2arbborer1arboerr2arborerr1arborre2arborrer1arbroer2arobrer2
Edit distance from "arborer"

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 "arborer"?
"arborer" is spelled A-R-B-O-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \aʁ.bɔ.ʁe\.
What does "arborer" mean?
As a verb, "arborer" means: Dresser quelque chose droit comme un arbre.
What words are commonly confused with "arborer"?
"arborer" is commonly confused with "arbre", "arbres", "arroser". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "arborer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "arborer" is \aʁ.bɔ.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "arborer" come from?
"arborer" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

aimeras#33,966atteler#33,987atténue#33,988bashing#33,990

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

arrêtais10 variantsalouettes10 variantsabrupte10 variantsabattent10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list