arrêt par épuisement
\a.ʁɛ pa.ʁ‿e.pɥiz(.ə).mɑ̃\
The verdict
“arrêt par épuisement” 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
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Arrêt de la combustion dans un propulseur, dû à l’épuisement d’un ergol.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arrêt par épuisement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.ʁɛ pa.ʁ‿e.pɥiz(.ə).mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “arrêt par épuisement” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for arrêt par épuisement is 20 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.ʁɛ pa.ʁ‿e.pɥiz(.ə).mɑ̃\. 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: "Arrêt de la combustion dans un propulseur, dû à l’épuisement d’un ergol.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for arrêt par épuisement, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is arrêt par épuisement, spelled A-R-R-Ê-T- -P-A-R- -É-P-U-I-S-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Arrêt de la combustion dans un propulseur, dû à l’épuisement d’un ergol.
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- The one correct French spelling is A-R-R-Ê-T- -P-A-R- -É-P-U-I-S-E-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.