artériel
\aʁ.te.ʁjɛl\
The verdict
“artériel” is uncommon French (frequency #60,548 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,548
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif aux artères, par opposition à veineux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-arteriel · artériel · French
artériel · rank #60,548 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,548
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH arnica
Nearest frequency peer: arnica (-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 « artériel »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- arda
arda
39,456 corpus weight
- areola
areola
39,455 corpus weight
- arnica
arnica
39,454 corpus weight
- artériel
artériel
39,453 corpus weight
- ascétique
ascétique
39,452 corpus weight
- assa
assa
39,450 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « artériel » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | artériel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \aʁ.te.ʁjɛl\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #60,548 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « artériel » en français
Rare enough to double-check
artériel is uncommon French at frequency #60,548 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \aʁ.te.ʁjɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for artériel, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is artériel, spelled A-R-T-É-R-I-E-L.
Definition
- 1Relatif aux artères, par opposition à veineux.
- 2Qualifie une grande rue d’une ville ayant vocation d’artère.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how artériel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour Nicolas Pinsault, kinésithérapeute et chercheur à l’université de Grenoble, même si les cas sont « rarissimes », les manipulations des vertèbres et cervicales peuvent bien occasionner des « dissections artérielles ».
Ce que nous disons là s’applique surtout à la Carrera del Darro, au Zacatin, à la place Neuve, à la calle de los Gomeles qui mène à l’Alhambra, à la place du Théâtre, aux abords de la promenade et aux principales rues artérielles.
This word in other languages
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.
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).