avocatier

\a.vɔ.ka.tje\

/\a.vɔ.ka.tje\/ noun

The verdict

“avocatier” 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) - Nom usuel de Persea americana, arbre originaire du Mexique, du Guatémala et du Costa Rica, de la famille des lauracées et dont le fruit comestible est l’avocat.

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Index FR-avocatier · avocatier · French

avocatier · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 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 avocatier
PropertyValue
Headwordavocatier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.vɔ.ka.tje\
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « avocatier » en français

avocatiern'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

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

Rare enough to double-check

avocatier is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.vɔ.ka.tje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom usuel de Persea americana, arbre originaire du Mexique, du Guatémala et du Costa Rica, de la famille des lauracées et dont le fruit comestible est l’avocat.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for avocatier, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is avocatier, spelled A-V-O-C-A-T-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom usuel de Persea americana, arbre originaire du Mexique, du Guatémala et du Costa Rica, de la famille des lauracées et dont le fruit comestible est l’avocat.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Nous nous élevons rapidement et ne tardons pas à quitter la zone des cultures tropicales et subtropicales des terres basses. […] ; aux dattiers, aux dragonniers, aux manguiers, aux anoniers, aux avocatiers, aux goyaviers succèdent les arbres fruitiers des régions méditerranéennes, puis de l'Europe centrale. Nous montons toujours.
  2. L’avocatier appartient au genre Persea Miller, de la famille des Lauracées, dont on connaît une cinquantaine d’espèces dans le monde, pour la plupart originaires de l’Amérique tropicale.

Synonyms

agnacatpoirier d'Amérique

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "avocatier"?
"avocatier" is spelled A-V-O-C-A-T-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.vɔ.ka.tje\.
What does "avocatier" mean?
As a noun, "avocatier" means: Nom usuel de Persea americana, arbre originaire du Mexique, du Guatémala et du Costa Rica, de la famille des lauracées et dont le fruit comestible est l’avocat.
How do you pronounce "avocatier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "avocatier" is \a.vɔ.ka.tje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "avocatier" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list