affameur
\a.fa.mœʁ\
The verdict
“affameur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui réduit une ou plusieurs personnes à la faim.
Corpus desk
Index FR-affameur · affameur · French
affameur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | affameur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.fa.mœʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
affameur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.fa.mœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
affameur has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is affameur, spelled A-F-F-A-M-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Celui qui réduit une ou plusieurs personnes à la faim.
- 2Exploiteur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how affameur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La bouche grasse, les pommettes rouges, les yeux injectés de bourgogne, Guillaume-Adolphe Porcellet célébra la grève, la sainte grève!... Avec une rare éloquence, il parla des exploiteurs de peuples, des affameurs de pauvres.
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.