Arcep
\aʁ.sɛp\
The verdict
“Arcep” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,146. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,146
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - . Autorité administrative indépendante française chargée de réguler les communications électroniques et postales et la distribution de la presse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-arcep · Arcep · French
Arcep · rank #38,146 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,146
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH apprendras
Nearest frequency peer: apprendras (-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 « Arcep »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- appendices
appendices
61,858 corpus weight
- appliquerait
appliquerait
61,857 corpus weight
- apprendras
apprendras
61,856 corpus weight
- Arcep
Arcep
61,855 corpus weight
- argo
argo
61,854 corpus weight
- asian
asian
61,853 corpus weight
What this shows « Arcep » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Arcep |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \aʁ.sɛp\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #38,146 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Arcep »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Arcep (IPA \aʁ.sɛp\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #38,146 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: ". Autorité administrative indépendante française chargée de réguler les communications électroniques et postales et la distribution de la presse.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Arcep, with forms such as "acrep", "arccep", and "arcepp". 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, "are", "ARP", "armé", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Arcep, spelled A-R-C-E-P.
Definition
- 1. Autorité administrative indépendante française chargée de réguler les communications électroniques et postales et la distribution de la presse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Arcep appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En 2021, 1,7 milliard de colis ont été distribués ou exportés en France, soit 14,9% de plus qu’en 2019, indique l’Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse (Arcep).
La visibilité que l’Arcep doit apporter au marché exige une concertation permanente et une volonté de transparence.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acrep
- arccep
- arcepp
- arcpe
- arecp
- arrcep
- racep
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Arcep - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).