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 May 6, 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.
| 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) |
Where “arrière-faix” sits in French frequency
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.
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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.
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Using “arrière-faix”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-R-R-I-È-R-E---F-A-I-X - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.ʁjɛʁ.fɛ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.