arrêt de jeu
\a.ʁɛ d(ə) ʒø\
The verdict
“arrêt de jeu” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Interruption du jeu, décidée ou constatée par l’arbitre, et dont la durée est reportée à la fin du temps règlementaire de la partie.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arrêt de jeu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.ʁɛ d(ə) ʒø\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “arrêt de jeu” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for arrêt de jeu is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.ʁɛ d(ə) ʒø\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Interruption du jeu, décidée ou constatée par l’arbitre, et dont la durée est reportée à la fin du temps règlementaire de la partie.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for arrêt de jeu, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is arrêt de jeu, spelled A-R-R-Ê-T- -D-E- -J-E-U.
Definition
- 1Interruption du jeu, décidée ou constatée par l’arbitre, et dont la durée est reportée à la fin du temps règlementaire de la partie.
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.
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Using “arrêt de jeu”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-R-R-Ê-T- -D-E- -J-E-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.ʁɛ d(ə) ʒø\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.