belluaire
\bɛ.lɥɛʁ\
The verdict
“belluaire” 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) - Celui qui, dans les jeux du cirque, combattait contre les bêtes féroces.
Corpus desk
Index FR-belluaire · belluaire · French
belluaire · 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 "B" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | belluaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɛ.lɥɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
belluaire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɛ.lɥɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Celui qui, dans les jeux du cirque, combattait contre les bêtes féroces.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for belluaire, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is belluaire, spelled B-E-L-L-U-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Celui qui, dans les jeux du cirque, combattait contre les bêtes féroces.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how belluaire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un belluaire vint, le saisit [un singe déguisé en tigre] dans ses bras, Déchira cette peau comme on déchire un linge, Mit à nu ce vainqueur, et dit : tu n’es qu’un singe !
Quoi qu’il en soit, la multitude se laisse émouvoir, comme les femmes ou comme les tigres, par tout personnage remarquablement vêtu. C’est l’ascendant proverbial du belluaire étincelant de paillon qui finit ordinairement par être mangé.
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.