arson

noun

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The verdict

“arson” is uncommon French (frequency #81,769 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,769
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-arson · arson · French

arson · rank #81,769 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,769
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH Arslan

Nearest frequency peer: Arslan (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « arson »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « arson » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for arson
PropertyValue
Headwordarson
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#81,769
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « arson » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).arsontombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Arslan » (#81,768), « arpenteurs » (#81,767), « ashanti » (#81,771). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « arson » est au #81,769. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

arson is uncommon French at frequency #81,769 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for arson in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is arson, spelled A-R-S-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Brûlure
  2. 2
    Incendie

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il lor dit que il a toz boit, Si grant arson a en son cors A poine l’en puet geter fors.
  2. Le riche reis Dermod le jur La tere mist en arson Pur destruire le felun;

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 "arson"?
"arson" is spelled A-R-S-O-N.
What does "arson" mean?
As a noun, "arson" means: Brûlure
What language does "arson" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

agron#81,750baile#81,793bandy#81,797actor#81,738

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list