litteratrice

noun

"litteratrice" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Female equivalent of litterateur (“literary writer”).

Corpus desk

Index EN-litteratrice · litteratrice · English

litteratrice · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "L" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for litteratrice
PropertyValue
Headwordlitteratrice
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “litteratrice” in English

litteratriceranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

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

Rare enough to double-check

litteratrice is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Female equivalent of litterateur (“literary writer”).".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for litteratrice, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From French littératrice or from Latin litteratrix. The correct English form is litteratrice, spelled L-I-T-T-E-R-A-T-R-I-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Female equivalent of litterateur (“literary writer”).

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. "She became a flamboyant litteratrice and celebrated controversialist, turning out both fantastic narratives and, through the thinly veiled mouthpieces who were her protagonists, streams of opinion on the urgent social issues of the moment."

Etymology

From French littératrice or from Latin litteratrix.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "litteratrice"?
"litteratrice" is spelled L-I-T-T-E-R-A-T-R-I-C-E.
What does "litteratrice" mean?
As a noun, "litteratrice" means: Female equivalent of litterateur (“literary writer”).
What is the origin of the word "litteratrice"?
From French littératrice or from Latin litteratrix. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list