réarmer
\ʁe.aʁ.me\
The verdict
“réarmer” is uncommon French (frequency #73,522 among 507,453 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,522
- frequency rank, French
- 507,453
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Armer de nouveau. Il signifie particulièrement, armer un vaisseau qui a été désarmé pour réparation.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | réarmer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁe.aʁ.me\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #73,522 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “réarmer” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
réarmer is uncommon French at frequency #73,522 among 507,453 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁe.aʁ.me\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for réarmer, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is réarmer, spelled R-É-A-R-M-E-R.
Definition
- 1Armer de nouveau. Il signifie particulièrement, armer un vaisseau qui a été désarmé pour réparation.
- 2Remettre en fonction un dispositif qui a été déclenché.
- 3Remilitariser.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “réarmer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-É-A-R-M-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁe.aʁ.me\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.