aréole

\a.ʁe.ɔl\

/\a.ʁe.ɔl\/ noun

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The verdict

“aréole” is uncommon French (frequency #90,421 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,421
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petite aire, petite surface.

Corpus desk

Index FR-areole · aréole · French

aréole · rank #90,421 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,421
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH arthurienne

Nearest frequency peer: arthurienne (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « aréole »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « aréole » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for aréole
PropertyValue
Headwordaréole
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.ʁe.ɔl\
Letters6
Frequency rank#90,421
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « aréole » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).aréoletombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « arthurienne » (#90,420), « arthroscopie » (#90,419), « Asmodée » (#90,423). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « aréole » est au #90,421. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

aréole is uncommon French at frequency #90,421 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.ʁe.ɔl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 8 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for aréole in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is aréole, spelled A-R-É-O-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petite aire, petite surface.
  2. 2
    Disque plus ou moins coloré et grenu qui entoure le mamelon du sein.
  3. 3
    Cercle irisé qui entoure la lune.
  4. 4
    Disque qui se forme autour des boutons de la petite vérole, de la vaccine.
  5. 5
    Petites excroissances des cactus, à partir desquelles partent en faisceau les épines, des poils laineux, les feuilles, les méristèmes des nouveaux rameaux et les fleurs.
  6. 6
    Cercle coloré au fond de la corolle de certaines fleurs.
  7. 7
    Épaississement circulaire de la membrane cellulaire des gymnospermes.
  8. 8
    Petite tache circulaire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il lui reconnaissait une splendeur animale et une saveur de chair trop forte à son gré ; il lui imaginait des seins marqués d’une grande aréole brune, un ventre de safran, de soufre et d’ocre et des jambes velues. Il lui reprochait surtout un grain de peau trop gros. À quoi Thérèse répliqua que c’était possible et que, pourtant, le soir, la princesse Seni…
  2. Ses tout jeunes seins, très ronds, très petits et très séparés se couronnaient de grosses aréoles en boule.

This word in other languages

areola(English)areola(Español)Fläche(Deutsch)

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 "aréole"?
"aréole" is spelled A-R-É-O-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ʁe.ɔl\.
What does "aréole" mean?
As a noun, "aréole" means: Petite aire, petite surface.
How do you pronounce "aréole"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aréole" is \a.ʁe.ɔl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aréole" come from?
"aréole" 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 "aréole", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

assane#90,424assuma#90,426audois#90,432beatus#90,451

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list