arsouille
\aʁ.suj\
The verdict
“arsouille” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Voyou, canaille, mauvais sujet du plus bas étage.
Corpus desk
Index FR-arsouille · arsouille · French
arsouille · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arsouille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \aʁ.suj\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « arsouille » en français
Rare enough to double-check
arsouille is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \aʁ.suj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for arsouille, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is arsouille, spelled A-R-S-O-U-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Voyou, canaille, mauvais sujet du plus bas étage.
- 2Souteneur de tripot.
- 3Personne abusant ostensiblement de l’alcool et d’aspect repoussant.
- 4Enfant espiègle.
- 5Démonstration de conduite rapide entre motards ou automobilistes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how arsouille appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour ce qui est des habitants, chacun, pauvre ou riche, est tenu de loger et de nourrir, dix, vingt et jusqu’à cinquante de ces arsouilles.
(Il allume. Lupin est déguisé en apache, longue blouse, chapeau, barbe rousse en éventail. Il prend une glace à main sur la table de toilette et se regarde.) T’en as une bouillotte ! T’as l’air d’une arsouille… Arsouille Lupin.
Synonyms
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.