afficheur

\a.fi.ʃœʁ\

/\a.fi.ʃœʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“afficheur” is uncommon French (frequency #73,682 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,682
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui appose des affiches.

Corpus desk

Index FR-afficheur · afficheur · French

afficheur · rank #73,682 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,682
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH advint

Nearest frequency peer: advint (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « afficheur »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « afficheur » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for afficheur
PropertyValue
Headwordafficheur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.fi.ʃœʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#73,682
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « afficheur » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.afficheurtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « advint » (#73,681), « affidavit » (#73,683), « admiratrices » (#73,680). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « afficheur » est au #73,682. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

afficheur is uncommon French at frequency #73,682 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.fi.ʃœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for afficheur in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is afficheur, spelled A-F-F-I-C-H-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui qui appose des affiches.
  2. 2
    Dispositif comportant des emplacements où l’on peut représenter des chiffres ou des lettres, sur un appareil, un réveil, un tableau etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il attendait, impatient, derrière l’afficheur, qui, avec son gros pinceau, barbouillait le dos de l'affiche.
  2. Smartphones, ordinateurs et tablettes sont passés à l’heure d’hiver automatiquement mais ce n’est pas forcément le cas de votre montre, de l’horloge de mamie ou de l’afficheur du four ou de la voiture.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "afficheur"?
"afficheur" is spelled A-F-F-I-C-H-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.fi.ʃœʁ\.
What does "afficheur" mean?
As a noun, "afficheur" means: Celui qui appose des affiches.
How do you pronounce "afficheur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "afficheur" is \a.fi.ʃœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "afficheur" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "afficheur", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list