arpèges
\aʁ.pɛʒ\
The verdict
“arpèges” is uncommon French (frequency #72,078 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,078
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de arpège.
Corpus desk
Index FR-arpeges · arpèges · French
arpèges · rank #72,078 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,078
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH arrachez
Nearest frequency peer: arrachez (+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 « arpèges »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Arlene
Arlene
27,926 corpus weight
- armagnacs
armagnacs
27,925 corpus weight
- arpèges
arpèges
27,923 corpus weight
- arrachez
arrachez
27,922 corpus weight
- arrangez
arrangez
27,921 corpus weight
- arrivai
arrivai
27,920 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « arpèges » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arpèges |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \aʁ.pɛʒ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #72,078 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « arpèges » en français
Rare enough to double-check
arpèges is uncommon French at frequency #72,078 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \aʁ.pɛʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de arpège.".
arpèges doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable 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 its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is arpèges, spelled A-R-P-È-G-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de arpège.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how arpèges 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.
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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