ardue

\aʁ.dy\

/\aʁ.dy\/ adj

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The verdict

“ardue” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,418. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,418
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de ardu.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ardue · ardue · French

ardue · rank #34,418 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,418
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH arbitral

Nearest frequency peer: arbitral (-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 « ardue »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ardue » 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).

ardue vs are
60% similar
ardue vs aru
60% similar
ardue vs armé
40% similar

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

Key facts for ardue
PropertyValue
Headwordardue
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\aʁ.dy\
Letters5
Frequency rank#34,418
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ardue »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).arduese 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 « arbitral » (#34,417), « arg » (#34,419), « appuyées » (#34,416). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « ardue » est au #34,418. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around ardue (IPA \aʁ.dy\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #34,418 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de ardu.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for ardue, with forms such as "adrue", "arddue", and "ardeu". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "are", "aru", "armé", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is ardue, spelled A-R-D-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de ardu.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Si « Hitler, le Juif et le Troisième Homme », de Fernand Rohman, n’est pas à proprement parler un livre de cinéma, il tisse un tel réseau de références qu’il pourra être utilement lu en complément du récent « Hitler, un film d’Allemagne », de Syberberg, tellement cette gigantesque fresque (6 heures de projection) s’avère complexe et ardue à décryptographi…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • adrue
  • arddue
  • ardeu
  • arrdue
  • arude
  • radue

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ardue - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

adrue2arddue1ardeu2arrdue1arude2radue2
Edit distance from "ardue"

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 "ardue"?
"ardue" is spelled A-R-D-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \aʁ.dy\.
What does "ardue" mean?
As an adjective, "ardue" means: Féminin singulier de ardu.
What words are commonly confused with "ardue"?
"ardue" is commonly confused with "are", "aru", "armé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ardue"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ardue" is \aʁ.dy\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ardue" come from?
"ardue" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

assit#34,424angry#34,406barde#34,433blida#34,437

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

both6 variantsabois6 variantscrow6 variantsUzès6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list