annonciateur
\a.nɔ̃.sja.tœʁ\
The verdict
“annonciateur” is uncommon French (frequency #53,126 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,126
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avant-coureur, qui présage.
Corpus desk
Index FR-annonciateur · annonciateur · French
annonciateur · rank #53,126 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,126
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH anesthésique
Nearest frequency peer: anesthésique (-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 « annonciateur »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- aménage
aménage
46,878 corpus weight
- anesthésique
anesthésique
46,876 corpus weight
- annonciateur
annonciateur
46,875 corpus weight
- annuités
annuités
46,874 corpus weight
- antilopes
antilopes
46,873 corpus weight
- aphrodisiaq…
aphrodisiaque
46,871 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « annonciateur » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | annonciateur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a.nɔ̃.sja.tœʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #53,126 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « annonciateur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
annonciateur is uncommon French at frequency #53,126 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.nɔ̃.sja.tœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for annonciateur, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 annonciateur, spelled A-N-N-O-N-C-I-A-T-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Avant-coureur, qui présage.
- 2Qui annonce, apporte un message.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how annonciateur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un signe annonciateur.
Ce sont des instruments allégoriques exprimant un message éthique : non des êtres réels, mais des créatures effrayantes, annonciatrices de malheurs : des entités surgies des enfers.
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); 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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