arracher

/\a.ʁa.ʃe\/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,464

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

arracher is aFrenchverb. It means: Détacher avec effort ; ôter de force. Pronounced \a.ʁa.ʃe\. It ranks #6,464 in French word frequency. Often confused with attacher and arranger.

Key facts for arracher
PropertyValue
Headwordarracher
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.ʁa.ʃe\
Letters8
Frequency rank#6,464
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of arracher in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for arracher is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.ʁa.ʃe\. Corpus data places it at rank #6,464 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for arracher, with forms such as "aracher", "ararcher", and "arraccher". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "attacher", "arranger", "archer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is arracher, spelled A-R-R-A-C-H-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Détacher avec effort ; ôter de force.
  2. 2
    Détacher ou enlever une récolte du sol.
  3. 3
    En parlant d’un avare de qui on a tiré de l’argent.
  4. 4
    Marque l’extrême répugnance d’une personne à faire quelque chose et combien il serait difficile de l’y contraindre.
  5. 5
    Détacher quelqu’un d’une opinion, l’y faire renoncer.
  6. 6
    Obtenir avec peine quelque chose de quelqu’un.
  7. 7
    Causer une réaction physique ou émotionnelle intense (usage idiomatique).
  8. 8
    Détourner, écarter, éloigner avec effort, en parlant des personnes.
  9. 9
    Préserver ; soustraire à un danger.
  10. 10
    Se disputer à qui l’aura, en parlant d’une personne ou d’une chose qui est extrêmement recherchée.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aracher,ararcher,arraccher,arracehr,arracherr,arrachher,arrachre,arrahcer,arrcaher,raracher

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for arracher

Misspelling Variants of "arracher"

aracher7ararcher8arraccher9arracehr8arracherr9arrachher9arrachre8arrahcer8
Misspelling Variants of "arracher"

Frequency rank: #6,464 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "arracher"?
"arracher" is spelled A-R-R-A-C-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ʁa.ʃe\.
What does "arracher" mean?
As a verb, "arracher" means: Détacher avec effort ; ôter de force.
What words are commonly confused with "arracher"?
"arracher" is commonly confused with "attacher", "arranger", "archer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "arracher"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "arracher" is \a.ʁa.ʃe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "arracher" come from?
"arracher" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.