arceau

\aʁ.so\

/\aʁ.so\/ noun

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The verdict

“arceau” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,488. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,488
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Courbure d’une voûte en berceau.

Corpus desk

Index FR-arceau · arceau · French

arceau · rank #49,488 · 7 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #49,488
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH appuya

Nearest frequency peer: appuya (-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 « arceau »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « arceau » 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).

arceau vs area
67% similar
arceau vs Arcep
50% similar
arceau vs anneau
67% similar

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

Key facts for arceau
PropertyValue
Headwordarceau
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\aʁ.so\
Letters6
Frequency rank#49,488
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « arceau »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).arceause 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 « appuya » (#49,487), « Arcueil » (#49,489), « approuvant » (#49,486). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « arceau » est au #49,488. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around arceau (IPA \aʁ.so\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,488 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for arceau, with forms such as "acreau", "arcaeu", and "arcceau". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "area", "Arcep", "anneau", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is arceau, spelled A-R-C-E-A-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Courbure d’une voûte en berceau.
  2. 2
    Petite voûte surbaissée d’un ponceau et de certaines portes, de certaines fenêtres.
  3. 3
    Ornement en forme de trèfle.
  4. 4
    Par analogie, il désigne toute tige de bois ou de métal recourbée en forme de petit arc.
  5. 5
    Châssis courbés en arc qui empêchent le drap de peser sur un membre malade, archets.
  6. 6
    Aménagement de stationnement afin de sécuriser un vélo.
  7. 7
    Dispositif de sécurité protégeant le pilote ou le conducteur. Se dit aussi pour d'autres véhicules "mécaniques".
  8. 8
    Dispositif de stationnement anti-stationnement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La place carrée, avec sa double rangée d'arceaux, était déjà, lors du grand siège de 1621, telle que nous la voyons aujourd'hui.
  2. Ce n'est pas parce qu'on a fui le cloître qu’on n'en garde pas l’idéal plus présent et plus vif parfois que ceux qui demeurent à l'ombre de ses arceaux.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acreau
  • arcaeu
  • arcceau
  • arceua
  • arecau
  • arrceau
  • raceau

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of arceau - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

acreau2arcaeu2arcceau1arceua2arecau2arrceau1raceau2
Edit distance from "arceau"

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 "arceau"?
"arceau" is spelled A-R-C-E-A-U. The IPA pronunciation is \aʁ.so\.
What does "arceau" mean?
As a noun, "arceau" means: Courbure d’une voûte en berceau.
What words are commonly confused with "arceau"?
"arceau" is commonly confused with "area", "Arcep", "anneau". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "arceau"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "arceau" is \aʁ.so\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "arceau" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

appuya#49,487aryens#49,495badger#49,510agacée#49,465

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

avéra7 variantsépier7 variantsBrazza7 variantscarrez7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list