en arrière
\ɑ̃.n‿a.ʁjɛʁ\
The verdict
“en arrière” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vers le lieu ou vers le côté qui est derrière.
Corpus desk
Index FR-en-arriere · en arrière · French
en arrière · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | en arrière |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.n‿a.ʁjɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
en arrière is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ɑ̃.n‿a.ʁjɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for en arrière in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is en arrière, spelled E-N- -A-R-R-I-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Vers le lieu ou vers le côté qui est derrière.
- 2Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter)
- 3Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter)
- 4En retard.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how en arrière appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…], les chevaux s’arrêtent net, ployant sur leurs jarrets et rejetant la tête en arrière sous l’action brutale du mors arabe.
Votre coiffure est trop en arrière.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.