arlequinade
\aʁ.lə.ki.nad\
The verdict
“arlequinade” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bouffonnerie d’arlequin, soit dans le jeu, soit dans les paroles.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arlequinade |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \aʁ.lə.ki.nad\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “arlequinade” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
arlequinade is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \aʁ.lə.ki.nad\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for arlequinade, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is arlequinade, spelled A-R-L-E-Q-U-I-N-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1Bouffonnerie d’arlequin, soit dans le jeu, soit dans les paroles.
- 2Genre de pièces de théâtre où l’arlequin joue le principal rôle.
- 3Quelque chose qui rappelle Arlequin ou son costume.
- 4Toute bouffonnerie plaisante.
- 5Livre animé, appelé aussi « métamorphoses », combinant des images pouvant être mobiles et placées l’une sur l’autre.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “arlequinade”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-R-L-E-Q-U-I-N-A-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \aʁ.lə.ki.nad\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.