arrow

\ˈæɹ.oʊ\

/\ˈæɹ.oʊ\/ noun

The verdict

“arrow” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,743. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,743
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Flèche.

Corpus desk

Index FR-arrow · arrow · French

arrow · rank #19,743 · 5 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,743
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH aquarelle

Nearest frequency peer: aquarelle (-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 « arrow »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « arrow » 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).

arrow vs afro
60% similar
arrow vs agro
60% similar
arrow vs Aron
40% similar

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

Key facts for arrow
PropertyValue
Headwordarrow
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈæɹ.oʊ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#19,743
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « arrow »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).arrowse 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 « aquarelle » (#19,742), « arrêtant » (#19,744), « aptes » (#19,741). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « arrow » est au #19,743. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around arrow (IPA \ˈæɹ.oʊ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,743 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for arrow, with forms such as "arorw", "arow", and "arroww". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "afro", "agro", "Aron", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is arrow, spelled A-R-R-O-W.

Definition

  1. 1
    Flèche.
  2. 2
    Flèche (symbole).
  3. 3
    Arc.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • arorw
  • arow
  • arroww
  • arrwo
  • rarow

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

arorw2arow1arroww1arrwo2rarow2
Edit distance from "arrow"

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 "arrow"?
"arrow" is spelled A-R-R-O-W. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈæɹ.oʊ\.
What does "arrow" mean?
As a noun, "arrow" means: Flèche.
What words are commonly confused with "arrow"?
"arrow" is commonly confused with "afro", "agro", "Aron". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "arrow"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "arrow" is \ˈæɹ.oʊ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "arrow" come from?
"arrow" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list