arboretum

\aʁ.bɔ.ʁe.tɔm\

/\aʁ.bɔ.ʁe.tɔm\/ noun

The verdict

“arboretum” is uncommon French (frequency #63,517 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,517
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jardin botanique où sont collectionnés des arbres.

Corpus desk

Index FR-arboretum · arboretum · French

arboretum · rank #63,517 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,517
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH Aral

Nearest frequency peer: Aral (-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 « arboretum »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for arboretum
PropertyValue
Headwordarboretum
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\aʁ.bɔ.ʁe.tɔm\
Letters9
Frequency rank#63,517
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « arboretum » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).arboretumtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Aral » (#63,516), « arcane » (#63,518), « appétissante » (#63,515). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « arboretum » est au #63,517. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

arboretum is uncommon French at frequency #63,517 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \aʁ.bɔ.ʁe.tɔm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Jardin botanique où sont collectionnés des arbres.".

Zero misspellings are on record for arboretum in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is arboretum, spelled A-R-B-O-R-E-T-U-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Jardin botanique où sont collectionnés des arbres.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. De plus, un arboretum, qui avait été endommagé par la tempête de 1999, est également visible.
  2. Les arboretums sont des collections d’essences exotiques établies en principe dans des Macrosites représentatifs des zones d’introduction possibles. C’est la méthode traditionnelle utilisée en Europe depuis la fin du XVIIIᵉ siècle pour comparer les essences.

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 "arboretum"?
"arboretum" is spelled A-R-B-O-R-E-T-U-M. The IPA pronunciation is \aʁ.bɔ.ʁe.tɔm\.
What does "arboretum" mean?
As a noun, "arboretum" means: Jardin botanique où sont collectionnés des arbres.
How do you pronounce "arboretum"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "arboretum" is \aʁ.bɔ.ʁe.tɔm\. 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 "arboretum", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list