arguer
\aʁ.ɡɥe\
The verdict
“arguer” is uncommon French (frequency #57,755 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,755
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tirer une conséquence d’un fait, d’un principe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-arguer · arguer · French
arguer · rank #57,755 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,755
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH Arcole
Nearest frequency peer: Arcole (-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 « arguer »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- appréhendée
appréhendée
42,250 corpus weight
- apprêt
apprêt
42,249 corpus weight
- arborée
arborée
42,248 corpus weight
- Arcole
Arcole
42,247 corpus weight
- arguer
arguer
42,246 corpus weight
- arrêtèrent
arrêtèrent
42,244 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « arguer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arguer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \aʁ.ɡɥe\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #57,755 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « arguer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
arguer is uncommon French at frequency #57,755 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \aʁ.ɡɥe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
arguer doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is arguer, spelled A-R-G-U-E-R.
Definition
- 1Tirer une conséquence d’un fait, d’un principe.
- 2Établir avec évidence.
- 3Accuser.
- 4Affirmer, dans le contexte d’un argument.
- 5Prétexter, tirer argument d’une chose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how arguer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Arguer un acte de faux.
Des hommes moins détachés qu’eux de tout amour-propre auraient triomphé le jour où le maître de ces brillants paradoxes, Lamennais, qui les avait presque argués d’hérésie et de froideur pour le saint-siège, devint lui-même hérétique et se mit à traiter l’Église de Rome de tombeau des âmes et de mère d’erreurs.
Synonyms
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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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