accapareur

\a.ka.pa.ʁœʁ\

/\a.ka.pa.ʁœʁ\/ noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui accapare.

Corpus desk

Index FR-accapareur · accapareur · French

accapareur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" 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 accapareur
PropertyValue
Headwordaccapareur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.ka.pa.ʁœʁ\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « accapareur » en français

accapareurreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

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

Rare enough to double-check

accapareur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.ka.pa.ʁœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne qui accapare.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for accapareur, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, 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 to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is accapareur, spelled A-C-C-A-P-A-R-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne qui accapare.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Vous avez multiplié les articles pour assurer la plus grande liberté à l'exercice de la propriété, et vous n'avez pas dit un seul mot pour en déterminer le caractère légitime; de manière que votre Déclaration parait faite, non pour les hommes, mais pour les riches, pour les accapareurs, pour les agioteurs et pour les tyrans.
  2. Le tigre de Lyon est devenu un parfait accapareur, un capitaliste habile et économe, un maître usurier.

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 "accapareur"?
"accapareur" is spelled A-C-C-A-P-A-R-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ka.pa.ʁœʁ\.
What does "accapareur" mean?
As a noun, "accapareur" means: Personne qui accapare.
How do you pronounce "accapareur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "accapareur" is \a.ka.pa.ʁœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "accapareur" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list