ardoise

/\aʁ.dwaz\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#17,072

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

ardoise is aFrenchnoun. It means: Roche schisteuse de couleur foncée qui se délite en feuilles. Pronounced \aʁ.dwaz\. Often confused with Artois and arrose.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of ardoise in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for ardoise is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \aʁ.dwaz\. Corpus data places it at rank #17,072 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for ardoise, with forms such as "adroise", "arddoise", and "ardiose". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Artois", "arrose", "armoire", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is ardoise, spelled A-R-D-O-I-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: adroise,arddoise,ardiose,ardoies,ardoisse,ardosie,arodise,arrdoise,radoise

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ardoise

Misspelling Variants of "ardoise"

adroise7arddoise8ardiose7ardoies7ardoisse8ardosie7arodise7arrdoise8
Misspelling Variants of "ardoise"

Frequency rank: #17,072 in French

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 covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.