armoire

/\aʁ.mwaʁ\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,343

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

armoire is aFrenchnoun. It means: Meuble haut fermé par une ou deux portes et destiné au rangement du linge, des vêtements ou d’autres objets. Pronounced \aʁ.mwaʁ\. Often confused with armor and armure.

Key facts for armoire
PropertyValue
Headwordarmoire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\aʁ.mwaʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#11,343
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of armoire in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for armoire is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \aʁ.mwaʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #11,343 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for armoire, with forms such as "amroire", "armiore", and "armmoire". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "armor", "armure", "armoires", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is armoire, spelled A-R-M-O-I-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Meuble haut fermé par une ou deux portes et destiné au rangement du linge, des vêtements ou d’autres objets.
  2. 2
    Placard, meuble de rangement, notamment pour le matériel de cuisine.
  3. 3
    Armoire en muraille : Placard situé dans l'épaisseur d'un mur.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amroire,armiore,armmoire,armoier,armoirre,armorie,aromire,arrmoire,ramoire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for armoire

Misspelling Variants of "armoire"

amroire7armiore7armmoire8armoier7armoirre8armorie7aromire7arrmoire8
Misspelling Variants of "armoire"

Frequency rank: #11,343 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "armoire"?
"armoire" is spelled A-R-M-O-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \aʁ.mwaʁ\.
What does "armoire" mean?
As a noun, "armoire" means: Meuble haut fermé par une ou deux portes et destiné au rangement du linge, des vêtements ou d’autres objets.
What words are commonly confused with "armoire"?
"armoire" is commonly confused with "armor", "armure", "armoires". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "armoire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "armoire" is \aʁ.mwaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "armoire" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.