arobase
\a.ʁɔ.baz\
The verdict
“arobase” 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) - Caractère @, employé en particulier dans les adresses e-mail pour séparer le nom identifiant l’utilisateur de celui du gestionnaire de la messagerie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-arobase · arobase · French
arobase · 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 | arobase |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.ʁɔ.baz\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « arobase » en français
Rare enough to double-check
arobase is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.ʁɔ.baz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Caractère @, employé en particulier dans les adresses e-mail pour séparer le nom identifiant l’utilisateur de celui du gestionnaire de la messagerie.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for arobase, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is arobase, spelled A-R-O-B-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1Caractère @, employé en particulier dans les adresses e-mail pour séparer le nom identifiant l’utilisateur de celui du gestionnaire de la messagerie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how arobase appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
tester la valeur d’un champ de formulaire pour savoir s’il contient une arobase et un point.
L’adresse e-mail se compose de votre nom, suivi d’un arobase (@), puis du nom de domaine de votre FAI, comme dans marcdupond@nomfournisseur.net.
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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.