arrêt du cœur
\a.ʁɛ dy kœʁ\
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arrêt du cœur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.ʁɛ dy kœʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « arrêt du cœur » en français
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
- 1Arrêt de la circulation du sang et de la respiration.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how arrêt du cœur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.