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 September 3, 2026) - Bouffonnerie d’arlequin, soit dans le jeu, soit dans les paroles.
Corpus desk
Index FR-arlequinade · arlequinade · French
arlequinade · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « arlequinade » en français
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how arlequinade appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On vient de jouer une arlequinade fort plaisante.
La mémé Lucie rapetasse la blouse de son homme. Ce n’est pas la première fois : bien malin qui, dans cette arlequinade, pourrait dire où sont le coutil ou le droguet d’origine.
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.