armature

\aʁ.ma.tyʁ\

/\aʁ.ma.tyʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“armature” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,696. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,696
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble des pièces de bois ou de métal qui servent à maintenir les parties d’un ouvrage, en construction ou achevé :

Corpus desk

Index FR-armature · armature · French

armature · rank #27,696 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,696
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH ardeurs

Nearest frequency peer: ardeurs (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « armature »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « armature » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

armature vs armure
75% similar
armature vs armatures
89% similar
armature vs armateur
75% similar

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

Key facts for armature
PropertyValue
Headwordarmature
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\aʁ.ma.tyʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#27,696
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « armature »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ardeurs » (#27,695), « arriveras » (#27,697), « architectures » (#27,694). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « armature » est au #27,696. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around armature (IPA \aʁ.ma.tyʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,696 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for armature, with forms such as "amrature", "aramture", and "armatrue". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "armure", "armatures", "armateur", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is armature, spelled A-R-M-A-T-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ensemble des pièces de bois ou de métal qui servent à maintenir les parties d’un ouvrage, en construction ou achevé :
  2. 2
    Ces mêmes pièces qui servent à garnir un appareil et à en assurer le fonctionnement.
  3. 3
    Mécanisme en cuivre servant à fermer l'orifice d'une cuvette de garde-robe à l'anglaise, qui est composé d'un piston et de sa bonde, d'une traverse à trois branches et son coulisseau, d'une poignée et sa rosette.
  4. 4
    Ce qui structure une chose.
  5. 5
    Plaques métalliques qui font partie des condensateurs électriques.
  6. 6
    Série des dièses et bémols placés à la clef, qui indique le ton et le mode du morceau.
  7. 7
    Barre ou fil incorporé dans un ouvrage en béton pour améliorer la résistance à la traction ou, éventuellement, à la compression ou au cisaillement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’armature d’une voûte, d’un vitrail, d’une statue.
  2. La campagne française défilera. Ils regarderont en silence les grands champs de blé mûr, les armatures écorchées des pylônes de haute tension.

This word in other languages

framework(English)armazón(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amrature
  • aramture
  • armatrue
  • armatture
  • armaturre
  • armautre
  • armmature
  • armtaure
  • arrmature
  • ramature

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of armature - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

amrature2aramture2armatrue2armatture1armaturre1armautre2armmature1armtaure2
Edit distance from "armature"

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 "armature"?
"armature" is spelled A-R-M-A-T-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \aʁ.ma.tyʁ\.
What does "armature" mean?
As a noun, "armature" means: Ensemble des pièces de bois ou de métal qui servent à maintenir les parties d’un ouvrage, en construction ou achevé :
What words are commonly confused with "armature"?
"armature" is commonly confused with "armure", "armatures", "armateur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "armature"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "armature" is \aʁ.ma.tyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "armature" come from?
"armature" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

archange#27,692auberges#27,703acolytes#27,678achetait#27,677

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

ardeurs10 variantsagendas10 variantscasiers10 variantschauvin10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list