arpège
\aʁ.pɛʒ\
The verdict
“arpège” is uncommon French (frequency #80,875 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,875
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Accord dont on fait entendre successivement les notes, au lieu de les frapper toutes à la fois comme dans l’accord plaqué.
Corpus desk
Index FR-arpege · arpège · French
arpège · rank #80,875 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,875
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH Arndt
Nearest frequency peer: Arndt (-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 « arpège »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- arabisation
arabisation
19,129 corpus weight
- Ariégeois
Ariégeois
19,128 corpus weight
- Arndt
Arndt
19,127 corpus weight
- arpège
arpège
19,126 corpus weight
- artic
artic
19,125 corpus weight
- artificiers
artificiers
19,124 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « arpège » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arpège |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \aʁ.pɛʒ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #80,875 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « arpège » en français
Rare enough to double-check
arpège is uncommon French at frequency #80,875 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \aʁ.pɛʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for arpège in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is arpège, spelled A-R-P-È-G-E.
Definition
- 1Accord dont on fait entendre successivement les notes, au lieu de les frapper toutes à la fois comme dans l’accord plaqué.
- 2Suite musicale de sons arrangés.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how arpège appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le diable musique, ce démon qui secoue un trousseau étincelant de strettes, de trilles et d’arpèges, se fut emparé du pauvre sourd.
Un chat qui parcourt un clavier exécute couramment un arpège correct, et s’il s’assoit, il a beaucoup de chances pour frapper un accord parfait.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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