Arlésienne
\aʁ.le.zjɛn\
The verdict
“Arlésienne” is uncommon French (frequency #69,593 among 424,905 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,593
- frequency rank, French
- 424,905
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Habitante d’Arles, commune française située dans le département des Bouches-du-Rhône.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Arlésienne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \aʁ.le.zjɛn\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #69,593 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Arlésienne” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Arlésienne is uncommon French at frequency #69,593 among 424,905 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \aʁ.le.zjɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Arlésienne in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Arlésienne, spelled A-R-L-É-S-I-E-N-N-E.
Definition
- 1Habitante d’Arles, commune française située dans le département des Bouches-du-Rhône.
- 2Habitante d’Arles-sur-Tech, commune française située dans le département des Pyrénées-Orientales.
- 3Habitante des Anses-d’Arlet, commune française située dans le département de la Martinique.
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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Using “Arlésienne”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-R-L-É-S-I-E-N-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.