armature
\aʁ.ma.tyʁ\
The verdict
“armature” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #27,696 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #27,696
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ensemble des pièces de bois ou de métal qui servent à maintenir les parties d’un ouvrage, en construction ou achevé :
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | armature |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \aʁ.ma.tyʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #27,696 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “armature” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for armature is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \aʁ.ma.tyʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #27,696 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Ensemble des pièces de bois ou de métal qui servent à maintenir les parties d’un ouvrage, en construction ou achevé :
- 2Ces mêmes pièces qui servent à garnir un appareil et à en assurer le fonctionnement.
- 3Mécanisme 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.
- 4Ce qui structure une chose.
- 5Plaques métalliques qui font partie des condensateurs électriques.
- 6Série des dièses et bémols placés à la clef, qui indique le ton et le mode du morceau.
- 7Barre ou fil incorporé dans un ouvrage en béton pour améliorer la résistance à la traction ou, éventuellement, à la compression ou au cisaillement.
This word in other languages
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.
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 “armature”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-R-M-A-T-U-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \aʁ.ma.tyʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “armure” - see the side-by-side comparison. armature vs armure
- 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.