arroser

/\a.ʁo.ze\/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#17,873

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

arroser is aFrenchverb. It means: Humecter, mouiller quelque chose en versant de l’eau dessus, ou quelque autre liquide. Pronounced \a.ʁo.ze\. Often confused with arrose and arrêter.

Key facts for arroser
PropertyValue
Headwordarroser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.ʁo.ze\
Letters7
Frequency rank#17,873
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of arroser in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for arroser is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.ʁo.ze\. Corpus data places it at rank #17,873 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 14 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for arroser, with forms such as "arorser", "aroser", and "arroesr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "arrose", "arrêter", "arriver", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is arroser, spelled A-R-R-O-S-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Humecter, mouiller quelque chose en versant de l’eau dessus, ou quelque autre liquide.
  2. 2
    Répandre un liquide sur la viande en cuisson.
  3. 3
    Accompagner une nourriture d'une boisson.
  4. 4
    Ajouter du rhum ou de l'eau-de-vie à une boisson chaude.
  5. 5
    Travailler péniblement la terre.
  6. 6
    Verser son sang en combattant.
  7. 7
    Faire circuler de l’eau dans des terres, par des canaux ou des rigoles, afin de les fertiliser.
  8. 8
    Traverser une région, y couler, en parlant d’un cours d’eau.
  9. 9
    Distribuer généreusement.
  10. 10
    Distribuer généreusement.
  11. 11
    Distribuer généreusement.
  12. 12
    Distribuer généreusement.
  13. 13
    Accompagner une bonne nouvelle de consommations de boissons pour la fêter dignement.
  14. 14
    Bombarder une zone.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: arorser,aroser,arroesr,arroserr,arrosre,arrosser,arrsoer,raroser

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for arroser

Misspelling Variants of "arroser"

arorser7aroser6arroesr7arroserr8arrosre7arrosser8arrsoer7raroser7
Misspelling Variants of "arroser"

Frequency rank: #17,873 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "arroser"?
"arroser" is spelled A-R-R-O-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ʁo.ze\.
What does "arroser" mean?
As a verb, "arroser" means: Humecter, mouiller quelque chose en versant de l’eau dessus, ou quelque autre liquide.
What words are commonly confused with "arroser"?
"arroser" is commonly confused with "arrose", "arrêter", "arriver". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "arroser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "arroser" is \a.ʁo.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "arroser" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.