architecte

\aʁ.ʃi.tɛkt\

/\aʁ.ʃi.tɛkt\/ noun

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The verdict

“architecte” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,730. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,730
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne habilitée à concevoir et à diriger la réalisation d'édifices de toute nature, ainsi que d'ensembles urbains.

Corpus desk

Index FR-architecte · architecte · French

architecte · rank #4,730 · 15 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,730
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH Arabie

Nearest frequency peer: Arabie (-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 « architecte »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « architecte » 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).

architecte vs architectes
91% similar
architecte vs architecture
83% similar

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

Key facts for architecte
PropertyValue
Headwordarchitecte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\aʁ.ʃi.tɛkt\
Letters10
Frequency rank#4,730
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « architecte »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.architectese 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 « Arabie » (#4,729), « assurances » (#4,731), « Anna » (#4,728). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « architecte » est au #4,730. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around architecte (IPA \aʁ.ʃi.tɛkt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,730 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for architecte, with forms such as "acrhitecte", "arcchitecte", and "archhitecte". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "architectes", "architecture", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is architecte, spelled A-R-C-H-I-T-E-C-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne habilitée à concevoir et à diriger la réalisation d'édifices de toute nature, ainsi que d'ensembles urbains.
  2. 2
    Constructeur, bâtisseur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il y avait là une aire de béton mouvementée, farcie de galets ronds, comme un nougat, et une demi-douzaine de volées de marches curvilignes, pour relier les différents plans rugueux de ce que l’architecte-concepteur avait appelé : « campus ».
  2. Pour exemple, le thème omniprésent de la ville et de l’urbain conduit de nombreux architectes à se définir comme « architecte-concepteur ou encore « architecte-programmateur ».

This word in other languages

architect(English)arquitecto(Español)Architekt(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acrhitecte
  • arcchitecte
  • archhitecte
  • archietcte
  • architcete
  • architeccte
  • architecet
  • architectte
  • architetce
  • archittecte
  • archtiecte
  • arcihtecte
  • arhcitecte
  • arrchitecte
  • rachitecte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of architecte - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

acrhitecte2arcchitecte1archhitecte1archietcte2architcete2architeccte1architecet2architectte1
Edit distance from "architecte"

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 "architecte"?
"architecte" is spelled A-R-C-H-I-T-E-C-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \aʁ.ʃi.tɛkt\.
What does "architecte" mean?
As a noun, "architecte" means: Personne habilitée à concevoir et à diriger la réalisation d'édifices de toute nature, ainsi que d'ensembles urbains.
What words are commonly confused with "architecte"?
"architecte" is commonly confused with "architectes", "architecture". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "architecte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "architecte" is \aʁ.ʃi.tɛkt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "architecte" come from?
"architecte" 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 "architecte", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

assurances#4,731concentrer#4,738diagnostic#4,745procédures#4,702

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

collections15 variantsculturelles15 variantsdémontrer15 variantsimagination15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list