Arcturus
\aʁk.ty.ʁys\
The verdict
“Arcturus” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Étoile rouge, la plus brillante de la constellation du Bouvier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-arcturus · Arcturus · French
Arcturus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Arcturus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \aʁk.ty.ʁys\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Arcturus » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Arcturus is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \aʁk.ty.ʁys\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Étoile rouge, la plus brillante de la constellation du Bouvier.".
Arcturus doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Arcturus, spelled A-R-C-T-U-R-U-S.
Definition
- 1Étoile rouge, la plus brillante de la constellation du Bouvier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Arcturus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La principale étoile du Bouvier est une étoile rougeâtre, Arcturus, située à peu près dans le prolongement de la queue de la Grande Ourse, et à une distance angulaire de 31°, un peu supérieure à la longueur du Chariot.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.