archer

\aʁ.ʃe\

/\aʁ.ʃe\/ noun

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The verdict

“archer” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,070. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,070
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tireur, tireuse à l’arc, ou par extension, à l’arbalète.

Corpus desk

Index FR-archer · archer · French

archer · rank #17,070 · 9 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,070
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH appréciable

Nearest frequency peer: appréciable (-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 « archer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « archer » 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).

archer vs armer
67% similar
archer vs Asher
50% similar
archer vs Arthur
50% similar

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

Key facts for archer
PropertyValue
Headwordarcher
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\aʁ.ʃe\
Letters6
Frequency rank#17,070
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « archer »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.archerse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « appréciable » (#17,069), « Ardenne » (#17,071), « Apollo » (#17,068). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « archer » est au #17,070. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around archer (IPA \aʁ.ʃe\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,070 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for archer, with forms such as "acrher", "arccher", and "arcehr". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "armer", "Asher", "Arthur", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is archer, spelled A-R-C-H-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tireur, tireuse à l’arc, ou par extension, à l’arbalète.
  2. 2
    Sportif qui pratique le tir à l’arc.
  3. 3
    Celui qui combat avec l’arc.
  4. 4
    Garde armé d'un arc.
  5. 5
    Policier.
  6. 6
    Synonyme de martinet noir.
  7. 7
    # Poisson de la famille des toxotidés, de nom scientifique Toxotes jaculator.
  8. 8
    Utilisateur de la distribution Linux Arch Linux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cupidon est un ange archer.
  2. Mais dans les régions que des reliefs du sol rendaient mal praticables, […] le hallebardier, l’homme d’épée pour le combat corps à corps, l’archer même purent affirmer leur supériorité.

This word in other languages

archer(English)arquero(Español)Bogenschütze(Deutsch)arqueiro(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acrher
  • arccher
  • arcehr
  • archerr
  • archher
  • archre
  • arhcer
  • arrcher
  • racher

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of archer - 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.

acrher2arccher1arcehr2archerr1archher1archre2arhcer2arrcher1
Edit distance from "archer"

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 "archer"?
"archer" is spelled A-R-C-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \aʁ.ʃe\.
What does "archer" mean?
As a noun, "archer" means: Tireur, tireuse à l’arc, ou par extension, à l’arbalète.
What words are commonly confused with "archer"?
"archer" is commonly confused with "armer", "Asher", "Arthur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "archer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "archer" is \aʁ.ʃe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "archer" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Apollo#17,068Artois#17,073angelo#17,065Alonso#17,058

Similar misspelling depth

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

ardoise9 variantsétonnes9 variantséolienne9 variantsvirgin9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list