arquebusier
\aʁ.kə.by.zje\
The verdict
“arquebusier” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Soldat qui était armé d’une arquebuse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-arquebusier · arquebusier · French
arquebusier · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | arquebusier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \aʁ.kə.by.zje\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
arquebusier is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \aʁ.kə.by.zje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
arquebusier doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is arquebusier, spelled A-R-Q-U-E-B-U-S-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Soldat qui était armé d’une arquebuse.
- 2Fabricant d’arquebuses.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how arquebusier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le 9 novembre, Nevers fait partir contre lui ses Suisses et sa cavalerie. Le lendemain, il arrive lui-même à Mars-sous-Bourcq et il écrit à Dinteville, lieutenant-général de la Champagne, de lui envoyer les arquebusiers à cheval et la noblesse.
C’était une longue ligne d’arquebusiers flanquée à gauche et à droite par un double rang d’archers.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.