aspersoir

\as.pɛʁ.swaːʁ\

/\as.pɛʁ.swaːʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“aspersoir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Goupillon à asperger de l’eau bénite.

Corpus desk

Index FR-aspersoir · aspersoir · French

aspersoir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 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.

Key facts for aspersoir
PropertyValue
Headwordaspersoir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\as.pɛʁ.swaːʁ\
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « aspersoir » en français

aspersoirreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

aspersoir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \as.pɛʁ.swaːʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Goupillon à asperger de l’eau bénite.".

No misspelling variants are generated for aspersoir in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is aspersoir, spelled A-S-P-E-R-S-O-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Goupillon à asperger de l’eau bénite.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Présenter l’aspersoir. Asperger de l’eau bénite avec l’aspersoir.
  2. Et il y avait encore là de l’eau bénite et un aspersoir, une aiguière d’eau avec son bassin et une serviette..

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aspersoir"?
"aspersoir" is spelled A-S-P-E-R-S-O-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \as.pɛʁ.swaːʁ\.
What does "aspersoir" mean?
As a noun, "aspersoir" means: Goupillon à asperger de l’eau bénite.
How do you pronounce "aspersoir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aspersoir" is \as.pɛʁ.swaːʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aspersoir" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list