allocataire
\a.lɔ.ka.tɛʁ\
The verdict
“allocataire” is uncommon French (frequency #72,057 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,057
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui ou celle qui perçoit une allocation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-allocataire · allocataire · French
allocataire · rank #72,057 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,057
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH alleud
Nearest frequency peer: alleud (-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 « allocataire »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- alchemist
alchemist
27,948 corpus weight
- alimentaient
alimentaient
27,947 corpus weight
- alleud
alleud
27,945 corpus weight
- allocataire
allocataire
27,944 corpus weight
- anaérobie
anaérobie
27,941 corpus weight
- ancrages
ancrages
27,940 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « allocataire » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | allocataire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.lɔ.ka.tɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #72,057 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « allocataire » en français
Rare enough to double-check
allocataire is uncommon French at frequency #72,057 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.lɔ.ka.tɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for allocataire, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is allocataire, spelled A-L-L-O-C-A-T-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Celui ou celle qui perçoit une allocation.
- 2Personne qui ouvre droit à une ou plusieurs prestations familiales, en étant ou non l'attributaire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how allocataire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’allocataire, qui s’estime injustement privée des allocations familiales, nous paraît avoir qualité pour intenter une action en paiement de celles-ci.
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.
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