arcade

\aʁ.kad\

/\aʁ.kad\/ noun

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The verdict

“arcade” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,322. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,322
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble composé d’un arc et des montants qui le soutiennent.

Corpus desk

Index FR-arcade · arcade · French

arcade · rank #13,322 · 8 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,322
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH apéro

Nearest frequency peer: apéro (-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 « arcade »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « arcade » 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).

arcade vs arche
67% similar
arcade vs aride
67% similar
arcade vs Ariane
50% similar

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

Key facts for arcade
PropertyValue
Headwordarcade
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\aʁ.kad\
Letters6
Frequency rank#13,322
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « arcade »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « apéro » (#13,321), « arriverait » (#13,323), « appréciée » (#13,320). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « arcade » est au #13,322. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around arcade (IPA \aʁ.kad\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,322 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for arcade, with forms such as "acrade", "aracde", and "arcadde". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "arche", "aride", "Ariane", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is arcade, spelled A-R-C-A-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ensemble composé d’un arc et des montants qui le soutiennent.
  2. 2
    Partie haute des barreaux des balcons ou des rampes ayant la forme d’un demi-cercle ou d’une ogive, ce qui leur fait donner le nom de rampes ou balcons à arcade.
  3. 3
    Portique composé d’arcades.
  4. 4
    Partie courbée en arc.
  5. 5
    Arcade sourcilière.
  6. 6
    Lieu public où l’on peut jouer à des jeux (anciennement mécaniques, de nos jours vidéo).
  7. 7
    Fil de chanvre composé de 10 à 12 brins.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. À ce cri, un officier […] s’avança jusqu’à l’arcade du jardin, reconnut la jeune personne un moment cachée […]
  2. Agadem, qu'il ne faut pas confondre avec Agadès, capitale de l'Aïr, est un ancien fortin abandonné, du type classique à cour intérieure, avec bâtiments donnant sur le puits et arcades en forme de cloître ; le fort est en ruine, […].

This word in other languages

arch(English)arcada(Español)Bogengang(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acrade
  • aracde
  • arcadde
  • arcaed
  • arccade
  • arcdae
  • arrcade
  • racade

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

acrade2aracde2arcadde1arcaed2arccade1arcdae2arrcade1racade2
Edit distance from "arcade"

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 "arcade"?
"arcade" is spelled A-R-C-A-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \aʁ.kad\.
What does "arcade" mean?
As a noun, "arcade" means: Ensemble composé d’un arc et des montants qui le soutiennent.
What words are commonly confused with "arcade"?
"arcade" is commonly confused with "arche", "aride", "Ariane". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "arcade"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "arcade" is \aʁ.kad\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "arcade" come from?
"arcade" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list