arthrite

\aʁ.tʁit\

/\aʁ.tʁit\/ noun

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The verdict

“arthrite” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,903. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,903
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom générique qui désigne les inflammations aiguës ou chroniques des articulations.

Corpus desk

Index FR-arthrite · arthrite · French

arthrite · rank #30,903 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,903
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH architecturaux

Nearest frequency peer: architecturaux (-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 « arthrite »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « arthrite » 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).

arthrite vs autorité
63% similar
arthrite vs arthrose
75% similar
arthrite vs altérité
63% similar

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

Key facts for arthrite
PropertyValue
Headwordarthrite
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\aʁ.tʁit\
Letters8
Frequency rank#30,903
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « arthrite »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).arthritese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « architecturaux » (#30,902), « ascendance » (#30,904), « archaïques » (#30,901). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « arthrite » est au #30,903. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around arthrite (IPA \aʁ.tʁit\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,903 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom générique qui désigne les inflammations aiguës ou chroniques des articulations.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for arthrite, with forms such as "arhtrite", "arrthrite", and "arthhrite". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "autorité", "arthrose", "altérité", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is arthrite, spelled A-R-T-H-R-I-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom générique qui désigne les inflammations aiguës ou chroniques des articulations.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pas plus que je ne comprenais que ce vieux corps roidi par l’arthrite souffrît de se mettre au pas de ma vivacité enfantine, je n’imaginais qu’un cœur de jeune fille romanesque pût l’avoir habité jadis.
  2. Merde ! Et la fièvre jaune ? Et le béribéri, l’arthrite des femmes enceintes et le goudou-goudou…

This word in other languages

arthritis(English)artritis(Español)Gicht(Deutsch)artrite(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • arhtrite
  • arrthrite
  • arthhrite
  • arthirte
  • arthriet
  • arthritte
  • arthrrite
  • arthrtie
  • artrhite
  • artthrite
  • atrhrite
  • rathrite

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of arthrite - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

arhtrite2arrthrite1arthhrite1arthirte2arthriet2arthritte1arthrrite1arthrtie2
Edit distance from "arthrite"

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 "arthrite"?
"arthrite" is spelled A-R-T-H-R-I-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \aʁ.tʁit\.
What does "arthrite" mean?
As a noun, "arthrite" means: Nom générique qui désigne les inflammations aiguës ou chroniques des articulations.
What words are commonly confused with "arthrite"?
"arthrite" is commonly confused with "autorité", "arthrose", "altérité". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "arthrite"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "arthrite" is \aʁ.tʁit\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "arthrite" come from?
"arthrite" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

assiégés#30,907attenant#30,908apaisant#30,897Andersen#30,896

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

apostasie12 variantsalternée12 variantsadorerais12 variantsbourbons12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list