s’arrêter

\s‿a.ʁɛ.te\

/\s‿a.ʁɛ.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“s’arrêter” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Cesser d’avancer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-s-arreter · s’arrêter · French

s’arrêter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" 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 s’arrêter
PropertyValue
Headwords’arrêter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\s‿a.ʁɛ.te\
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “s’arrêter” sits in French frequency

s’arrêter falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

s’arrêter is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \s‿a.ʁɛ.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for s’arrêter, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is s’arrêter, spelled S-’-A-R-R-Ê-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cesser d’avancer.
  2. 2
    Faire une halte à une étape.
  3. 3
    Tarder ; s’amuser ; rester quelque temps dans un lieu sans en sortir.
  4. 4
    Ne pas aller au fond des choses, des idées.
  5. 5
    Fixer son attention sur…
  6. 6
    Se décider, fixer son choix.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pendant que le nouveau venu se débitait à lui-même ce monologue, un autre cavalier, entré par l’autre bout de la rue, […], s’arrêtait et demeurait aussi en extase devant l’enseigne de la Belle-Étoile.
  2. […], les chevaux s'arrêtent net, ployant sur leurs jarrets et rejetant la tête en arrière sous l'action brutale du mors arabe.

This word in other languages

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "s’arrêter"?
"s’arrêter" is spelled S-’-A-R-R-Ê-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \s‿a.ʁɛ.te\.
What does "s’arrêter" mean?
As a verb, "s’arrêter" means: Cesser d’avancer.
How do you pronounce "s’arrêter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "s’arrêter" is \s‿a.ʁɛ.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "s’arrêter" come from?
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list