arc de triomphe
\aʁk də tʁi.ɔ̃f\
The verdict
“arc de triomphe” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Monument formé d’une grande arche, complétée parfois de deux petites, que l’on construit pour célébrer une victoire, honorer une grande personnalité.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arc de triomphe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \aʁk də tʁi.ɔ̃f\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “arc de triomphe” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
arc de triomphe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \aʁk də tʁi.ɔ̃f\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Monument formé d’une grande arche, complétée parfois de deux petites, que l’on construit pour célébrer une victoire, honorer une grande personnalité.".
Zero misspellings are on record for arc de triomphe in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 arc de triomphe, spelled A-R-C- -D-E- -T-R-I-O-M-P-H-E.
Definition
- 1Monument formé d’une grande arche, complétée parfois de deux petites, que l’on construit pour célébrer une victoire, honorer une grande personnalité.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “arc de triomphe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-R-C- -D-E- -T-R-I-O-M-P-H-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \aʁk də tʁi.ɔ̃f\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.