face arrière

\fa.s‿a.ʁjɛʁ\

/\fa.s‿a.ʁjɛʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“face arrière” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partie de la surface d’un objet céleste ou spatial qui se trouve à l’arrière, si l’on considère le sens de déplacement de l’objet.

Corpus desk

Index FR-face-arriere · face arrière · French

face arrière · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "F" 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.

Key facts for face arrière
PropertyValue
Headwordface arrière
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fa.s‿a.ʁjɛʁ\
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « face arrière » en français

face arrièren'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

face arrière is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fa.s‿a.ʁjɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partie de la surface d’un objet céleste ou spatial qui se trouve à l’arrière, si l’on considère le sens de déplacement de l’objet.".

No misspelling variants are generated for face arrière in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is face arrière, spelled F-A-C-E- -A-R-R-I-È-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partie de la surface d’un objet céleste ou spatial qui se trouve à l’arrière, si l’on considère le sens de déplacement de l’objet.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "face arrière"?
"face arrière" is spelled F-A-C-E- -A-R-R-I-È-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fa.s‿a.ʁjɛʁ\.
What does "face arrière" mean?
As a noun, "face arrière" means: Partie de la surface d’un objet céleste ou spatial qui se trouve à l’arrière, si l’on considère le sens de déplacement de l’objet.
How do you pronounce "face arrière"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "face arrière" is \fa.s‿a.ʁjɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "face arrière" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list