animateur

/\a.ni.ma.tœʁ\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,049

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

animateur is aFrenchnoun. It means: Celui qui anime un groupe. Pronounced \a.ni.ma.tœʁ\. It ranks #6,049 in French word frequency. Often confused with armateur and aviateur.

Key facts for animateur
PropertyValue
Headwordanimateur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.ni.ma.tœʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#6,049
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of animateur in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for animateur is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.ni.ma.tœʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #6,049 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for animateur, with forms such as "ainmateur", "aniamteur", and "animaetur". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "armateur", "aviateur", "animateurs", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is animateur, spelled A-N-I-M-A-T-E-U-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui qui anime un groupe.
  2. 2
    Celui qui réalise l’animation d’un dessin animé.
  3. 3
    Celui qui est chargé de préparer, de présenter, d'expliquer et de coordonner les divers éléments constitutifs d'une émission télévisée ou radiophonique.
  4. 4
    Un travailleur social plus particulièrement un animateur socioculturel.
  5. 5
    Un enseignant dans le secteur de la formation professionnelle pour adulte ou dans la réadaptation professionnelle, dénommé animateur de formation.
  6. 6
    Celui qui passe de la musique, notamment de variétés, dans une réunion publique ou privée.
  7. 7
    Cheval qui se trouve en première position d'une course hippique et en imprime le rythme.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ainmateur,aniamteur,animaetur,animateru,animateurr,animatteur,animatuer,animmateur,animtaeur,anmiateur,annimateur,naimateur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for animateur

Misspelling Variants of "animateur"

ainmateur9aniamteur9animaetur9animateru9animateurr10animatteur10animatuer9animmateur10
Misspelling Variants of "animateur"

Frequency rank: #6,049 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "animateur"?
"animateur" is spelled A-N-I-M-A-T-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ni.ma.tœʁ\.
What does "animateur" mean?
As a noun, "animateur" means: Celui qui anime un groupe.
What words are commonly confused with "animateur"?
"animateur" is commonly confused with "armateur", "aviateur", "animateurs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "animateur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "animateur" is \a.ni.ma.tœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "animateur" come from?
"animateur" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.