arfa
\ˈaɾ.fɐ\
The verdict
“arfa” is uncommon French (frequency #50,645 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,645
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de arfar.
Corpus desk
Index FR-arfa · arfa · French
arfa · rank #50,645 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,645
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH archivistes
Nearest frequency peer: archivistes (-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 « arfa »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- araméen
araméen
49,359 corpus weight
- Arcadie
Arcadie
49,358 corpus weight
- archivistes
archivistes
49,357 corpus weight
- arfa
arfa
49,356 corpus weight
- aromates
aromates
49,355 corpus weight
- assaisonner
assaisonner
49,353 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « arfa » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arfa |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈaɾ.fɐ\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #50,645 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « arfa » en français
Rare enough to double-check
arfa is uncommon French at frequency #50,645 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈaɾ.fɐ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for arfa in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is arfa, spelled A-R-F-A.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de arfar.
- 2Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de arfar.
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.
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