arrhes

\aʁ\

/\aʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“arrhes” is uncommon French (frequency #65,705 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,705
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Somme d’argent versée dès la signature d’un contrat à titre de gage.

Corpus desk

Index FR-arrhes · arrhes · French

arrhes · rank #65,705 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,705
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH argyle

Nearest frequency peer: argyle (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « arrhes »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « arrhes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for arrhes
PropertyValue
Headwordarrhes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\aʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#65,705
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « arrhes » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).arrhestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « argyle » (#65,704), « arrondit » (#65,706), « argumentaires » (#65,703). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « arrhes » est au #65,705. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

arrhes is uncommon French at frequency #65,705 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \aʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for arrhes in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is arrhes, spelled A-R-R-H-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Somme d’argent versée dès la signature d’un contrat à titre de gage.
  2. 2
    Argent qu’un acquéreur ou un locataire donne pour garantir l’exécution d’un marché verbal et qu’il perd s’il rompt le marché.
  3. 3
    Assurance, gage.
  4. 4
    Preuve, démonstration, gage.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Si j’annule cette réservation je perdrai les arrhes.
  2. Eh bien ! c’est chose dite, continua le prince ; à compter de ce jour vous êtes à mon service. Prenez cette bourse, ce sont les arrhes du marché.

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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "arrhes"?
"arrhes" is spelled A-R-R-H-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \aʁ\.
What does "arrhes" mean?
As a noun, "arrhes" means: Somme d’argent versée dès la signature d’un contrat à titre de gage.
How do you pronounce "arrhes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "arrhes" is \aʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "arrhes" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "arrhes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list