allocutaire
\a.lɔ.ky.tɛʁ\
The verdict
“allocutaire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne à qui s’adresse un énoncé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-allocutaire · allocutaire · French
allocutaire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | allocutaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.lɔ.ky.tɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « allocutaire » en français
Rare enough to double-check
allocutaire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.lɔ.ky.tɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne à qui s’adresse un énoncé.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for allocutaire, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 allocutaire, spelled A-L-L-O-C-U-T-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Personne à qui s’adresse un énoncé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how allocutaire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sur le plan délocutoire, le locutif et l’allocutif représentent en effet la transposabilité dans le monde extérieur (chosalité) dont jouissent les deux éléments du monde subjectif, locuteur et allocutaire.
Synonyms
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.