arbre à chat
\aʁ.bʁ‿a ʃa\
The verdict
“arbre à chat” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Appareil qui permet aux chats de limer leurs griffes et de se poster en hauteur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-arbre-a-chat · arbre à chat · French
arbre à chat · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arbre à chat |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \aʁ.bʁ‿a ʃa\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « arbre à chat » en français
Rare enough to double-check
arbre à chat is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \aʁ.bʁ‿a ʃa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Appareil qui permet aux chats de limer leurs griffes et de se poster en hauteur.".
arbre à chat doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 arbre à chat, spelled A-R-B-R-E- -À- -C-H-A-T.
Definition
- 1Appareil qui permet aux chats de limer leurs griffes et de se poster en hauteur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how arbre à chat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’arbre à chat est un excellent accessoire pour votre compagnon qui pourra jouer, se reposer, grimper et faire ses griffes.
Synonyms
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.