arrondissement

\a.ʁɔ̃.dis.mɑ̃\

/\a.ʁɔ̃.dis.mɑ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“arrondissement” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,981. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,981
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action par laquelle on arrondit ou résultat de cette action.

Corpus desk

Index FR-arrondissement · arrondissement · French

arrondissement · rank #2,981 · 18 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,981
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH armées

Nearest frequency peer: armées (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « arrondissement »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « arrondissement » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

arrondissement vs arrondissements
93% similar
arrondissement vs agrandissement
86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for arrondissement
PropertyValue
Headwordarrondissement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.ʁɔ̃.dis.mɑ̃\
Letters14
Frequency rank#2,981
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « arrondissement »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).arrondissementse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « armées » (#2,980), « artistique » (#2,982), « apparition » (#2,979). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « arrondissement » est au #2,981. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around arrondissement (IPA \a.ʁɔ̃.dis.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,981 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for arrondissement, with forms such as "arondissement", "arorndissement", and "arrnodissement". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "arrondissements", "agrandissement", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is arrondissement, spelled A-R-R-O-N-D-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action par laquelle on arrondit ou résultat de cette action.
  2. 2
    Circonscription administrative d’un département.
  3. 3
    Division d’une municipalité, d’une grande commune.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il alléguerait la nécessité de l’arrondissement des frontières, comme si cette doctrine, une fois admise, ne bannissait pas de la terre tout repos et toute équité; car c'est toujours en dehors qu'un gouvernement veut arrondir ses frontières. Aucun n'a sacrifié, que l'on sache, une portion de son territoire pour donner au reste une plus grande régularité g…
  2. À titre de règle générale en statistiques, il est préférable de conserver le nombre maximal de décimales que vous pouvez lorsque vous calculez ou lorsque vous utilisez des formules, etc., de façon à minimiser les erreurs qui pourraient être dues à l’arrondissement lors des calculs.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • arondissement
  • arorndissement
  • arrnodissement
  • arrodnissement
  • arronddissement
  • arrondisement
  • arrondisesment
  • arrondisseemnt
  • arrondissemennt
  • arrondissementt
  • arrondissemetn
  • arrondissemment
  • arrondissemnet
  • arrondissmeent
  • arrondsisement
  • arronidssement
  • arronndissement
  • rarondissement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of arrondissement - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

arondissement1arorndissement2arrnodissement2arrodnissement2arronddissement1arrondisement1arrondisesment2arrondisseemnt2
Edit distance from "arrondissement"

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 "arrondissement"?
"arrondissement" is spelled A-R-R-O-N-D-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ʁɔ̃.dis.mɑ̃\.
What does "arrondissement" mean?
As a noun, "arrondissement" means: Action par laquelle on arrondit ou résultat de cette action.
What words are commonly confused with "arrondissement"?
"arrondissement" is commonly confused with "arrondissements", "agrandissement". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "arrondissement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "arrondissement" is \a.ʁɔ̃.dis.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "arrondissement" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list