ardoise

\aʁ.dwaz\

/\aʁ.dwaz\/ noun

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The verdict

“ardoise” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,072. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,072
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Roche schisteuse de couleur foncée qui se délite en feuilles.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ardoise · ardoise · French

ardoise · rank #17,072 · 9 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,072
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ardenne

Nearest frequency peer: Ardenne (-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 « ardoise »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ardoise » 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).

ardoise vs Artois
57% similar
ardoise vs arrose
71% similar
ardoise vs armoire
71% similar

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

Key facts for ardoise
PropertyValue
Headwordardoise
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\aʁ.dwaz\
Letters7
Frequency rank#17,072
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ardoise »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).ardoisese 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 « Ardenne » (#17,071), « Artois » (#17,073), « archer » (#17,070). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « ardoise » est au #17,072. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around ardoise (IPA \aʁ.dwaz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,072 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for ardoise, with forms such as "adroise", "arddoise", and "ardiose". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Artois", "arrose", "armoire", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is ardoise, spelled A-R-D-O-I-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Roche schisteuse de couleur foncée qui se délite en feuilles.
  2. 2
    Morceau de cette roche taillée servant à couvrir les toits.
  3. 3
    À l'origine, fine plaque de cette roche généralement encadrée de bois, avec une face quadrillée et qui sert à écrire, généralement avec une craie ou un crayon d’ardoise. Plus tard la pierre a été remplacée par un carton très dur peint en noir mat, puis par les ardoises magiques et les ardoises blanches.
  4. 4
    Compte ouvert chez un marchand, ainsi dit parce que ce compte s'écrivait sur une ardoise. Dette impayée, notamment dans un bar ou un restaurant.
  5. 5
    Tablette tactile.
  6. 6
    Plaque sous le tapis d'une table de billard.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. A ces sources de richesses souterraines du département, on doit ajouter des mines de l’ardoise la plus serrée, la plus sonore et la plus pure qu'il y ait en France, à Fumay, à Folemprise, à Charnois et à Monthermé.
  2. Certaines ardoises et des grès de la rivière St-Louis représenteraient le Huronien, tandis que le Laurentien se trouverait au sud du lac Vermilion.

Synonyms

lauze

This word in other languages

slate(English)pizarra(Español)Schiefer(Deutsch)ardósia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • adroise
  • arddoise
  • ardiose
  • ardoies
  • ardoisse
  • ardosie
  • arodise
  • arrdoise
  • radoise

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

adroise2arddoise1ardiose2ardoies2ardoisse1ardosie2arodise2arrdoise1
Edit distance from "ardoise"

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 "ardoise"?
"ardoise" is spelled A-R-D-O-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \aʁ.dwaz\.
What does "ardoise" mean?
As a noun, "ardoise" means: Roche schisteuse de couleur foncée qui se délite en feuilles.
What words are commonly confused with "ardoise"?
"ardoise" is commonly confused with "Artois", "arrose", "armoire". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ardoise"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ardoise" is \aʁ.dwaz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ardoise" come from?
"ardoise" 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 "ardoise", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Ardenne#17,071biscuit#17,084achètes#17,054étonnes#17,051

Similar misspelling depth

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

archer9 variantséolienne9 variantscosmos9 variantsvirgin9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list