artistes

\aʁ.tist\

/\aʁ.tist\/ noun

The verdict

“artistes” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,504. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,504
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de artiste.

Corpus desk

Index FR-artistes · artistes · French

artistes · rank #1,504 · 12 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,504
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH artiste

Nearest frequency peer: artiste (-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 « artistes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « artistes » 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).

artistes vs autiste
75% similar
artistes vs artists
88% similar
artistes vs autistes
88% similar

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

Key facts for artistes
PropertyValue
Headwordartistes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\aʁ.tist\
Letters8
Frequency rank#1,504
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « artistes »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.artistesse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « artiste » (#1,503), « assurance » (#1,505), « agence » (#1,502). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « artistes » est au #1,504. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around artistes (IPA \aʁ.tist\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,504 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de artiste.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for artistes, with forms such as "aritstes", "arrtistes", and "artisets". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "autiste", "artists", "autistes", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 artistes, spelled A-R-T-I-S-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de artiste.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ces artistes hip-hop circulant sur des routes reliant l’Europe à l’Afrique font exister dans les studios, les scènes et les morceaux de rap la communauté africaine ou afropéenne revendiquée, contribuant à la redéfinition et à la reproduction d’une diaspora noire unie par une histoire, des revendications et des sentiments d’appartenance communs.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aritstes
  • arrtistes
  • artisets
  • artisstes
  • artistess
  • artistse
  • artisttes
  • artitses
  • artsites
  • arttistes
  • atristes
  • ratistes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of artistes - 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.

aritstes2arrtistes1artisets2artisstes1artistess1artistse2artisttes1artitses2
Edit distance from "artistes"

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 "artistes"?
"artistes" is spelled A-R-T-I-S-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \aʁ.tist\.
What does "artistes" mean?
As a noun, "artistes" means: Pluriel de artiste.
What words are commonly confused with "artistes"?
"artistes" is commonly confused with "autiste", "artists", "autistes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "artistes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "artistes" is \aʁ.tist\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "artistes" come from?
"artistes" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list