balayeur
\ba.lɛ.jœʁ\
The verdict
“balayeur” is uncommon French (frequency #71,272 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,272
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui balaie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-balayeur · balayeur · French
balayeur · rank #71,272 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,272
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH balafre
Nearest frequency peer: balafre (-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 « balayeur »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- baignades
baignades
28,732 corpus weight
- baillis
baillis
28,731 corpus weight
- balafre
balafre
28,730 corpus weight
- balayeur
balayeur
28,729 corpus weight
- bandar
bandar
28,727 corpus weight
- Bantous
Bantous
28,726 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « balayeur » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | balayeur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ba.lɛ.jœʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #71,272 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « balayeur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
balayeur is uncommon French at frequency #71,272 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ba.lɛ.jœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for balayeur, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is balayeur, spelled B-A-L-A-Y-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Celui qui balaie.
- 2Marchand ou fabricant de balais.
- 3Appareil ou dispositif permettant la détection de signaux par balayage de fréquences.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how balayeur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Voyons, monsieur Roger de Berville, ne ferez-vous pas un petit sacrifice pour adoucir le sort des balayeurs ? Songez aux malheureux qui, chaque jour, à l’aube, saisissent à pleines mains un manche rugueux, et poussent au ruisseau les débris de la veille…
Émile vit dans une ville, petite, quiète, une ville aux rues propres, aux trottoirs nets et les façades des maisons rénovées, excepté quelques-unes dans les ruelles au nord. Le balayeur n’oublie pas la plus minime impasse, autour de chaque tronc l’époussetage, devant chaque commerce, habitation…
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); 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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