arnique
\aʁ.nik\
The verdict
“arnique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de arnica.
Corpus desk
Index FR-arnique · arnique · French
arnique · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arnique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \aʁ.nik\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « arnique » en français
Rare enough to double-check
arnique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \aʁ.nik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de arnica.".
arnique doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is arnique, spelled A-R-N-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Variante de arnica.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how arnique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’arnique des montagnes est réputée tonique et stimulante ; toutes les parties en sont fréquemment employées par les habitants des montagnes.
L’arnique, l’herbe aux chutes, le tabac des Savoyards, était peu connu dans le passé et son usage s’instaure aux environs du XIIᵉ siècle comme thérapeutique vulnéraire pour disperser les épanchements de sang et soulager les traumatismes douloureux.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.