en arrière de
The verdict
“en arrière de” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a preposition. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Placé derrière.
Corpus desk
Index FR-en-arriere-de · en arrière de · French
en arrière de · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 de |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « en arrière de » en français
Rare enough to double-check
en arrière de is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as apreposition. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Placé derrière.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for en arrière de in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is en arrière de, spelled E-N- -A-R-R-I-È-R-E- -D-E.
Definition
- 1Placé derrière.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how en arrière de appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un corps placé en arrière d’un autre.
En arrière de la ligne de bataille.
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.