armement

\aʁ.mə.mɑ̃\

/\aʁ.mə.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“armement” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,193. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,193
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’armer, de préparer en vue de la guerre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-armement · armement · French

armement · rank #8,193 · 12 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,193
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH adhérents

Nearest frequency peer: adhérents (-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 « armement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « armement » 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).

armement vs arrêtent
63% similar
armement vs armements
89% similar
armement vs amènent
63% similar

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

Key facts for armement
PropertyValue
Headwordarmement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\aʁ.mə.mɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#8,193
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « armement »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.armementse 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 « adhérents » (#8,192), « atteintes » (#8,194), « attendons » (#8,195). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « armement » est au #8,193. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around armement (IPA \aʁ.mə.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,193 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for armement, with forms such as "amrement", "aremment", and "armeemnt". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "arrêtent", "armements", "amènent", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is armement, spelled A-R-M-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’armer, de préparer en vue de la guerre.
  2. 2
    Ensemble des armes qui constitue une partie de l’équipement d’un soldat.
  3. 3
    Ensemble des armes offensives d’un navire de guerre.
  4. 4
    Fin de la construction d’un bateau (pose de la peinture, pose des canots de sauvetage,…).
  5. 5
    Action d’armer un bâtiment en vue du commerce, en parlant de la marine marchande.
  6. 6
    Compagnie maritime.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’armement d’une place, d’une forteresse.
  2. Faire un armement naval.

This word in other languages

armament(English)armamento(Español)Bewaffnung(Deutsch)armamento(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amrement
  • aremment
  • armeemnt
  • armemennt
  • armementt
  • armemetn
  • armemment
  • armemnet
  • armmeent
  • armmement
  • arrmement
  • ramement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of armement - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

amrement2aremment2armeemnt2armemennt1armementt1armemetn2armemment1armemnet2
Edit distance from "armement"

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 "armement"?
"armement" is spelled A-R-M-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \aʁ.mə.mɑ̃\.
What does "armement" mean?
As a noun, "armement" means: Action d’armer, de préparer en vue de la guerre.
What words are commonly confused with "armement"?
"armement" is commonly confused with "arrêtent", "armements", "amènent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "armement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "armement" is \aʁ.mə.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "armement" come from?
"armement" 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 "armement", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

acheteur#8,190accroche#8,187bannière#8,200bizarres#8,203

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

attendons12 variantsaccrocher12 variantsVilleneuve12 variantsVenezuela12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list