arrêt de travail

\a.ʁɛ də tʁa.vaj\

/\a.ʁɛ də tʁa.vaj\/ noun

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The verdict

“arrêt de travail” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Suspension du contrat de travail, par suite d’un accident du travail, d’une grève ou d’un arrêt maladie.

Key facts for arrêt de travail
PropertyValue
Headwordarrêt de travail
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.ʁɛ də tʁa.vaj\
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “arrêt de travail” sits in French frequency

arrêt de travail falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

arrêt de travail is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.ʁɛ də tʁa.vaj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Suspension du contrat de travail, par suite d’un accident du travail, d’une grève ou d’un arrêt maladie.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for arrêt de travail, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is arrêt de travail, spelled A-R-R-Ê-T- -D-E- -T-R-A-V-A-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Suspension du contrat de travail, par suite d’un accident du travail, d’une grève ou d’un arrêt maladie.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "arrêt de travail"?
"arrêt de travail" is spelled A-R-R-Ê-T- -D-E- -T-R-A-V-A-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ʁɛ də tʁa.vaj\.
What does "arrêt de travail" mean?
As a noun, "arrêt de travail" means: Suspension du contrat de travail, par suite d’un accident du travail, d’une grève ou d’un arrêt maladie.
How do you pronounce "arrêt de travail"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "arrêt de travail" is \a.ʁɛ də tʁa.vaj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "arrêt de travail" come from?
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Using “arrêt de travail”

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- -T-R-A-V-A-I-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \a.ʁɛ də tʁa.vaj\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list