arborescence
\aʁ.bɔ.ʁɛ.sɑ̃s\
The verdict
“arborescence” is an uncommon French word, ranked #61,307 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #61,307
- frequency rank, French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qualité de ce qui est arborescent.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arborescence |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \aʁ.bɔ.ʁɛ.sɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #61,307 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “arborescence” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for arborescence is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \aʁ.bɔ.ʁɛ.sɑ̃s\. Corpus data places it at rank #61,307 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
arborescence doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is arborescence, spelled A-R-B-O-R-E-S-C-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Qualité de ce qui est arborescent.
- 2Ramification rappelant les branches d'un arbre.
- 3Représentation de différentes informations en un décalage continu et logique les unes par rapport aux autres (à l’image de la silhouette d'un côté d’un arbre dont les branches s'étageraient en partant des plus courtes en haut et en descendant progressivement vers les plus longues).
- 4Organisation des données de manière logique et hiérarchisée, utilisant une structure algorithmique d'arbre.
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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 “arborescence”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-R-B-O-R-E-S-C-E-N-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \aʁ.bɔ.ʁɛ.sɑ̃s\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.