armure

\aʁ.myʁ\

/\aʁ.myʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“armure” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,632. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,632
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble de l’équipement défensif qui protège le corps ou les membres, comme la cuirasse, le casque, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-armure · armure · French

armure · rank #10,632 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,632
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH archéologique

Nearest frequency peer: archéologique (-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 « armure »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « armure » 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).

armure vs Aure
50% similar
armure vs Artur
50% similar
armure vs assuré
50% similar

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

Key facts for armure
PropertyValue
Headwordarmure
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\aʁ.myʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#10,632
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « armure »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.armurese 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 « archéologique » (#10,631), « artisan » (#10,633), « annulée » (#10,630). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « armure » est au #10,632. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around armure (IPA \aʁ.myʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,632 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for armure, with forms such as "amrure", "armmure", and "armrue". 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, "Aure", "Artur", "assuré", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is armure, spelled A-R-M-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ensemble de l’équipement défensif qui protège le corps ou les membres, comme la cuirasse, le casque, etc.
  2. 2
    enveloppe qui protège.
  3. 3
    Altérations, représentées à la clé d’une portée, caractérisant la tonalité d’un passage musical.
  4. 4
    Ordre dans lequel les fils de chaîne croisent les fils de trame et produit le motif prévu par l'armure.
  5. 5
    Couverture, ou enveloppe grossière des rames de papier fin, qui est formée de deux trasses ou feuilles de gros papier bleu ou gris.
  6. 6
    Armature.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le voilà dans sa bonne armure de Milan, avec sa puissante dague à moitié tirée, et son pennon arboré !
  2. Jusqu’à l’invention de la poudre, le guerrier à cheval, protégé communément par une armure, fut invincible dans la bataille à découvert.

This word in other languages

armor(English)armadura(Español)Rüstung(Deutsch)couraça(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amrure
  • armmure
  • armrue
  • armuer
  • armurre
  • arrmure
  • arumre
  • ramure

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

amrure2armmure1armrue2armuer2armurre1arrmure1arumre2ramure2
Edit distance from "armure"

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 "armure"?
"armure" is spelled A-R-M-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \aʁ.myʁ\.
What does "armure" mean?
As a noun, "armure" means: Ensemble de l’équipement défensif qui protège le corps ou les membres, comme la cuirasse, le casque, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "armure"?
"armure" is commonly confused with "Aure", "Artur", "assuré". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "armure"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "armure" is \aʁ.myʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "armure" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

abouti#10,623élysée#10,618censés#10,654votent#10,610

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

annulée8 variantsvilain8 variantschuck8 variantscoeurs8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list