Arm

\ˈarm\

/\ˈarm\/ noun

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The verdict

“Arm” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #27,321) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#27,321
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bras, (partie du membre supérieur des humains et des bipèdes qui s’étend depuis l’épaule jusqu’au coude.

Corpus desk

Index FR-arm · Arm · French

Arm · rank #27,321 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,321
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH aristocratique

Nearest frequency peer: aristocratique (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « Arm »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « Arm » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Arm vs au
0% similar
Arm vs As
33% similar
Arm vs at
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Arm
PropertyValue
HeadwordArm
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈarm\
Letters3
Frequency rank#27,321
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « Arm »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Armse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « aristocratique » (#27,320), « assiégée » (#27,322), « arides » (#27,319). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « Arm » est au #27,321. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for Arm is neighbouring look-alikes ("au", "As", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \ˈarm\. Frequency #27,321 among 6,727 “A” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Arm in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "au", "As", "at", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Arm, spelled A-R-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bras, (partie du membre supérieur des humains et des bipèdes qui s’étend depuis l’épaule jusqu’au coude.
  2. 2
    Bras, (construction ou élément dont la forme ressemble à celle d'un bras).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Arm appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die Affen haben oft lange Arme.
  2. Außer Eduard und Kostja ist an diesem Nachmittag noch ein älterer Typ bei Slawa, der Gorkun heißt, metallene Zähne und tätowierte Arme hat, wenig spricht und von dem Slawa mit Stolz kundtut, er habe die Hälfte seiner dreißig Jahre in der Kolym verbracht.

Synonyms

GliedVorderextremitätBauteilBaugruppeBestandteilDetailEinzelheitGliedKomponenteTeilZweigArbeitskraftGliedHelferHilfsarbeiterHilfskraft

Antonyms

Bein

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Arm"?
"Arm" is spelled A-R-M. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈarm\.
What does "Arm" mean?
As a noun, "Arm" means: Bras, (partie du membre supérieur des humains et des bipèdes qui s’étend depuis l’épaule jusqu’au coude.
What words are commonly confused with "Arm"?
"Arm" is commonly confused with "au", "As", "at". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Arm"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Arm" is \ˈarm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Arm" come from?
"Arm" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Arm", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ani#27,317BBQ#27,336bet#27,340CFC#27,364

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list