arpents

\aʁ.pɑ̃\

/\aʁ.pɑ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“arpents” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,128. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,128
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de arpent.

Corpus desk

Index FR-arpents · arpents · French

arpents · rank #41,128 · 10 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,128
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH articulent

Nearest frequency peer: articulent (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « arpents »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « arpents » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

arpents vs arrêts
57% similar
arpents vs aryens
71% similar
arpents vs aspects
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for arpents
PropertyValue
Headwordarpents
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\aʁ.pɑ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#41,128
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « arpents »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).arpentsse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « articulent » (#41,129), « arborent » (#41,126), « arachides » (#41,125). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « arpents » est au #41,128. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around arpents (IPA \aʁ.pɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,128 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de arpent.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for arpents, with forms such as "arepnts", "arpennts", and "arpenst". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "arrêts", "aryens", "aspects", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is arpents, spelled A-R-P-E-N-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de arpent.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il ne s’agissait de rien moins que d’appliquer des portes de flot et d’ebbe à deux ponts, de dessécher un kilomètre de tangues sur une largeur de trois ou quatre cents arpents, d’y creuser des canaux et d’y pratiquer des chemins.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • arepnts
  • arpennts
  • arpenst
  • arpentss
  • arpentts
  • arpetns
  • arpnets
  • arppents
  • arrpents
  • rapents

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of arpents - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

arepnts2arpennts1arpenst2arpentss1arpentts1arpetns2arpnets2arppents1
Edit distance from "arpents"

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 "arpents"?
"arpents" is spelled A-R-P-E-N-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \aʁ.pɑ̃\.
What does "arpents" mean?
As a noun, "arpents" means: Pluriel de arpent.
What words are commonly confused with "arpents"?
"arpents" is commonly confused with "arrêts", "aryens", "aspects". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "arpents"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "arpents" is \aʁ.pɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "arpents" come from?
"arpents" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list