arrêt du cœur

\a.ʁɛ dy kœʁ\

/\a.ʁɛ dy kœʁ\/ noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arrêt de la circulation du sang et de la respiration.

Corpus desk

Index FR-arret-du-c-ur · arrêt du cœur · French

arrêt du cœur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 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.

Key facts for arrêt du cœur
PropertyValue
Headwordarrêt du cœur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.ʁɛ dy kœʁ\
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « arrêt du cœur » en français

arrêt du cœurn'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

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

Rare enough to double-check

arrêt du cœur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.ʁɛ dy kœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Arrêt de la circulation du sang et de la respiration.".

No misspelling variants are generated for arrêt du cœur in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 du cœur, spelled A-R-R-Ê-T- -D-U- -C-Œ-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Arrêt de la circulation du sang et de la respiration.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Cette vieille femme qui avait toute sa vie craint la mort finit seule au Mont-Noir d’un arrêt du cœur. « Du cœur ? » s’écria un voisin de campagne facétieux. « Elle ne s’en était pourtant pas beaucoup servie. »

Synonyms

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 du cœur"?
"arrêt du cœur" is spelled A-R-R-Ê-T- -D-U- -C-Œ-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ʁɛ dy kœʁ\.
What does "arrêt du cœur" mean?
As a noun, "arrêt du cœur" means: Arrêt de la circulation du sang et de la respiration.
How do you pronounce "arrêt du cœur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "arrêt du cœur" is \a.ʁɛ dy kœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list