arnica

\aʁ.ni.ka\

/\aʁ.ni.ka\/ noun

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The verdict

“arnica” is uncommon French (frequency #60,547 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,547
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genre de plantes de la famille des composées, à propriétés toniques et stimulantes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-arnica · arnica · French

arnica · rank #60,547 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,547
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH areola

Nearest frequency peer: areola (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « arnica »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « arnica » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for arnica
PropertyValue
Headwordarnica
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\aʁ.ni.ka\
Letters6
Frequency rank#60,547
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « arnica » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.arnicatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « areola » (#60,546), « artériel » (#60,548), « arda » (#60,545). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « arnica » est au #60,547. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

arnica is uncommon French at frequency #60,547 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \aʁ.ni.ka\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

arnica doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is arnica, spelled A-R-N-I-C-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genre de plantes de la famille des composées, à propriétés toniques et stimulantes.
  2. 2
    L’arnica des montagnes (espèce de plantes).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Elle le força à se coucher de suite, alla chercher une fiole d’arnica et le pansa, comme s’il se fût agi d’un enfant au berceau.
  2. Elle est obtenue en faisant macérer des fleurs d’arnica, bien connues pour leur action anti-œdème, dans une huile végétale neutre (souvent de tournesol).

Synonyms

arniqueherbe à éternuerherbe vulnéraireor des montagnestabac des Vosgestabac des Savoyards

This word in other languages

arnica(English)árnica(Español)Arnika(Deutsch)

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 "arnica"?
"arnica" is spelled A-R-N-I-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is \aʁ.ni.ka\.
What does "arnica" mean?
As a noun, "arnica" means: Genre de plantes de la famille des composées, à propriétés toniques et stimulantes.
How do you pronounce "arnica"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "arnica" is \aʁ.ni.ka\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

areola#60,546alpina#60,528beagle#60,572Achraf#60,510

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list