bourreau de travail

\bu.ʁo də tʁa.vaj\

/\bu.ʁo də tʁa.vaj\/ noun

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The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
19
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Celui qui travaille de manière excessive.

Key facts for bourreau de travail
PropertyValue
Headwordbourreau de travail
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bu.ʁo də tʁa.vaj\
Letters19
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “bourreau de travail” sits in French frequency

bourreau de travail falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

bourreau de travail is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bu.ʁo də tʁa.vaj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Celui qui travaille de manière excessive.".

No misspelling variants are generated for bourreau de travail in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. 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 explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is bourreau de travail, spelled B-O-U-R-R-E-A-U- -D-E- -T-R-A-V-A-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui qui travaille de manière excessive.

Synonyms

stakhanovistetravaillomaneworkaholique

This word in other languages

workhorse(English)

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 "bourreau de travail"?
"bourreau de travail" is spelled B-O-U-R-R-E-A-U- -D-E- -T-R-A-V-A-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is \bu.ʁo də tʁa.vaj\.
What does "bourreau de travail" mean?
As a noun, "bourreau de travail" means: Celui qui travaille de manière excessive.
How do you pronounce "bourreau de travail"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bourreau de travail" is \bu.ʁo də tʁa.vaj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bourreau de travail" come from?
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Using “bourreau de travail”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is B-O-U-R-R-E-A-U- -D-E- -T-R-A-V-A-I-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \bu.ʁo də tʁa.vaj\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list