spare
French, noun/spaʁ/
spare is spelled S-P-A-R-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 81,899th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spare is a French masculine noun meaning “a fish of the superorder Acanthopterygii” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Genre de poissons acanthoptérygiens qui comprend les dorades et beaucoup d'autres espèces”.
What does spare mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea fish of the superorder Acanthopterygii
noun
- 1
masculinea spare
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Genre de poissons acanthoptérygiens qui comprend les dorades et beaucoup d'autres espèces.
noun: 1. Renversement des dix quilles en deux coups.
noun: 1. Pièce de rechange, pièce de secours, surnuméraire.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of spare
- spares plural
- sparre
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce spare?
- /spaʁ/
- /spɛʁ/
- \spaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is spare in French?
spare appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).