arbres

\aʁbʁ\

/\aʁbʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“arbres” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,408. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,408
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de arbre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-arbres · arbres · French

arbres · rank #2,408 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,408
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH arabes

Nearest frequency peer: arabes (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « arbres »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « arbres » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

arbres vs ares
67% similar
arbres vs arrêt
50% similar
arbres vs armés
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for arbres
PropertyValue
Headwordarbres
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\aʁbʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,408
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « arbres »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).arbresse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « arabes » (#2,407), « cache » (#2,409), « apporte » (#2,406). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « arbres » est au #2,408. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around arbres (IPA \aʁbʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,408 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de arbre.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for arbres, with forms such as "abrres", "arbbres", and "arbers". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ares", "arrêt", "armés", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is arbres, spelled A-R-B-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de arbre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. A Flaine, sept immenses arbres (9,20 m), sortis d’une maquette de « L’Hourloupe » — tous blancs avec leurs nombreuses stries noires, liés les uns aux autres (une danse) — s’amusent à concurrencer les sapins du fond, froids et rigides : ils nous disent ce que Dubuffet a tenté et réussi, abêtir ("balourdiser") le réel.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abrres
  • arbbres
  • arbers
  • arbress
  • arbrres
  • arbrse
  • arrbes
  • arrbres
  • rabres

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of arbres - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

abrres2arbbres1arbers2arbress1arbrres1arbrse2arrbes2arrbres1
Edit distance from "arbres"

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 "arbres"?
"arbres" is spelled A-R-B-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \aʁbʁ\.
What does "arbres" mean?
As a noun, "arbres" means: Pluriel de arbre.
What words are commonly confused with "arbres"?
"arbres" is commonly confused with "ares", "arrêt", "armés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "arbres"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "arbres" is \aʁbʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "arbres" come from?
"arbres" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "arbres", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

arabes#2,407caisse#2,410couper#2,418excuse#2,422

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

fermer9 variantspassent9 variantspuissant9 variantsitalien9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list