armer

\aʁ.me\

/\aʁ.me\/ verb

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The verdict

“armer” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #15,304 in French word frequency and used as a verb.

#15,304
frequency rank, French
5
letters
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pourvoir d’armes ; équiper.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

armer vs arte
60% similar
armer vs army
60% similar
armer vs arms
60% similar

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

Key facts for armer
PropertyValue
Headwordarmer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\aʁ.me\
Letters5
Frequency rank#15,304
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “armer” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). armer lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for armer is 5 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \aʁ.me\. Corpus data places it at rank #15,304 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 14 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for armer, with forms such as "amrer", "aremr", and "armerr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "arte", "army", "arms", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is armer, spelled A-R-M-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pourvoir d’armes ; équiper.
  2. 2
    Lever des soldats, lever des troupes.
  3. 3
    Équiper un bâtiment, le pourvoir de tous les objets nécessaires pour le mettre en état de prendre la mer, qu’il s’agisse d’un bâtiment de guerre, de commerce ou de loisir.
  4. 4
    Enrôler un marin sur un navire.
  5. 5
    Exciter à prendre les armes.
  6. 6
    Garnir une Place de guerre, ses remparts, de pièces de canon.
  7. 7
    Mettre une arme en situation de fonctionner.
  8. 8
    Renforcer un objet ou un matériau par un autre objet ou matériau.
  9. 9
    Munir de certains pouvoirs, de certains moyens intellectuels ou autres de défense ou d’attaque.
  10. 10
    Attacher des sonnettes au faucon.
  11. 11
    Mettre à la clef le nombre de dièses ou de bémols convenables pour indiquer le ton dans lequel est écrit l’air ou le morceau instrumental.
  12. 12
    Résister.
  13. 13
    Garnir d’une protection une manœuvre.
  14. 14
    Enclencher un appareil photo.

Synonyms

équiper

This word in other languages

arm(English)armar(Español)waffnen(Deutsch)armar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amrer,aremr,armerr,armmer,armre,arrmer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of armer - 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.

amrer2aremr2armerr1armmer1armre2arrmer1
Edit distance from "armer"

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 "armer"?
"armer" is spelled A-R-M-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \aʁ.me\.
What does "armer" mean?
As a verb, "armer" means: Pourvoir d’armes ; équiper.
What words are commonly confused with "armer"?
"armer" is commonly confused with "arte", "army", "arms". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "armer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "armer" is \aʁ.me\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "armer" come from?
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Using “armer”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is A-R-M-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \aʁ.me\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “arte” - see the side-by-side comparison. armer vs arte
  • 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list