Arbour
\aʁ.buʁ\
The verdict
“Arbour” is uncommon French (frequency #85,473 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,473
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille anglais.
Corpus desk
Index FR-arbour · Arbour · French
Arbour · rank #85,473 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,473
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH Arfi
Nearest frequency peer: Arfi (+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 « Arbour »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- apposant
apposant
14,532 corpus weight
- Apulée
Apulée
14,530 corpus weight
- Arbour
Arbour
14,528 corpus weight
- Arfi
Arfi
14,527 corpus weight
- arginine
arginine
14,525 corpus weight
- arnie
arnie
14,524 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Arbour » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Arbour |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \aʁ.buʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #85,473 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Arbour » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Arbour is uncommon French at frequency #85,473 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \aʁ.buʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille anglais.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Arbour in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 Arbour, spelled A-R-B-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille anglais.
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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