arrière-faix
\a.ʁjɛʁ.fɛ\
The verdict
“arrière-faix” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ce qui reste dans la matrice après la sortie du fœtus, c’est-à-dire le placenta, le cordon ombilical et les membranes qui enveloppaient le fœtus.
Corpus desk
Index FR-arriere-faix · arrière-faix · French
arrière-faix · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | arrière-faix |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.ʁjɛʁ.fɛ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
arrière-faix is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.ʁjɛʁ.fɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for arrière-faix, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is arrière-faix, spelled A-R-R-I-È-R-E---F-A-I-X.
Definition
- 1Ce qui reste dans la matrice après la sortie du fœtus, c’est-à-dire le placenta, le cordon ombilical et les membranes qui enveloppaient le fœtus.
- 2L'indésirable qui accompagne la naissance d'un monde.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how arrière-faix appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le parasite protozoaire Neospora caninum, excrété dans les fèces de chiens infectés, peut provoquer des avortements chez les bovins. Le fœtus avorté et l’arrière-faix contiennent des quantités élevées de ce parasite. Certaines vaches infectées n’avortent pas et donnent naissance à un veau vivant, mais excrètent néanmoins ce parasite avec l’arrière-faix. L…
C'est le troisième arrière-faix des impuretés du dix-huitième siècle, apparaissant en celui-ci sous les graves dehors d'une philosophie, d'une politique, d'une littérature, […]
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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.