arbre à caoutchouc

\aʁ.bʁ‿a ka.u.tʃu\

/\aʁ.bʁ‿a ka.u.tʃu\/ noun

The verdict

“arbre à caoutchouc” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
18
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Arbre à feuillage persistant aux feuilles trifoliées de la famille des euphorbiacées de la forêt amazonienne atteignant fréquemment plus de 30 m et exploité pour son latex (Hevea brasiliensis).

Key facts for arbre à caoutchouc
PropertyValue
Headwordarbre à caoutchouc
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\aʁ.bʁ‿a ka.u.tʃu\
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “arbre à caoutchouc” sits in French frequency

arbre à caoutchouc falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

arbre à caoutchouc is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \aʁ.bʁ‿a ka.u.tʃu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Arbre à feuillage persistant aux feuilles trifoliées de la famille des euphorbiacées de la forêt amazonienne atteignant fréquemment plus de 30 m et exploité pour son latex (Hevea brasiliensis).".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for arbre à caoutchouc, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is arbre à caoutchouc, spelled A-R-B-R-E- -À- -C-A-O-U-T-C-H-O-U-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Arbre à feuillage persistant aux feuilles trifoliées de la famille des euphorbiacées de la forêt amazonienne atteignant fréquemment plus de 30 m et exploité pour son latex (Hevea brasiliensis).

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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "arbre à caoutchouc"?
"arbre à caoutchouc" is spelled A-R-B-R-E- -À- -C-A-O-U-T-C-H-O-U-C. The IPA pronunciation is \aʁ.bʁ‿a ka.u.tʃu\.
What does "arbre à caoutchouc" mean?
As a noun, "arbre à caoutchouc" means: Arbre à feuillage persistant aux feuilles trifoliées de la famille des euphorbiacées de la forêt amazonienne atteignant fréquemment plus de 30 m et exploité pour son latex (Hevea brasiliensis).
How do you pronounce "arbre à caoutchouc"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "arbre à caoutchouc" is \aʁ.bʁ‿a ka.u.tʃu\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "arbre à caoutchouc" come from?
"arbre à caoutchouc" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “arbre à caoutchouc”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is A-R-B-R-E- -À- -C-A-O-U-T-C-H-O-U-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \aʁ.bʁ‿a ka.u.tʃu\ (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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list