article

/\aʁ.tikl\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#325

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

article is aFrenchnoun. It means: Phalange de la main ou du pied. Pronounced \aʁ.tikl\. It ranks #325 in French word frequency. Often confused with artiste and articles.

Key facts for article
PropertyValue
Headwordarticle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\aʁ.tikl\
Letters7
Frequency rank#325
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of article in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for article is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \aʁ.tikl\. Corpus data places it at rank #325 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 13 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for article, with forms such as "aritcle", "arrticle", and "artcile". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "artiste", "articles", "articulé", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is article, spelled A-R-T-I-C-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Phalange de la main ou du pied.
  2. 2
    Articulation, jointure des os.
  3. 3
    Parties des membres des insectes qui peuvent se mouvoir les unes sur les autres.
  4. 4
    Portion d’une tige ou d’un rameau comprise entre deux articulations ou nœuds.
  5. 5
    Texte qui forme une division ou subdivision d’un écrit, sous forme d'un rapport ou compte rendu sur un thème ou événement précis. Ce texte peut faire l'objet d'une publication dans un journal, une revue scientifique une revue spécialisée, des comptes rendus de conférence, voire une encyclopédie.
  6. 6
    Subdivision d'un traité, d'une loi, d'un décret ou d'un arrêté.
  7. 7
    Mot-outil permettant d’introduire un syntagme nominal et de montrer la définitude.
  8. 8
    Produit ou objet qu’un commerçant a dans son magasin.
  9. 9
    Sujet auquel est consacré une lettre, un mémoire, une dissertation, etc.
  10. 10
    Sujet, matière.
  11. 11
    Sujet, matière dont on parle.
  12. 12
    Conventions entre futurs époux.
  13. 13
    Instant critique : → voir à l’article de la mort

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aritcle,arrticle,artcile,articcle,articel,articlle,artilce,artticle,atricle,raticle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for article

Misspelling Variants of "article"

aritcle7arrticle8artcile7articcle8articel7articlle8artilce7artticle8
Misspelling Variants of "article"

Frequency rank: #325 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "article"?
"article" is spelled A-R-T-I-C-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \aʁ.tikl\.
What does "article" mean?
As a noun, "article" means: Phalange de la main ou du pied.
What words are commonly confused with "article"?
"article" is commonly confused with "artiste", "articles", "articulé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "article"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "article" is \aʁ.tikl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "article" come from?
"article" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.