brocanteur
\bʁɔ.kɑ̃.tœʁ\
The verdict
“brocanteur” is uncommon French (frequency #71,311 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,311
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui brocante.
Corpus desk
Index FR-brocanteur · brocanteur · French
brocanteur · rank #71,311 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,311
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH brelan
Nearest frequency peer: brelan (-2 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 « brocanteur »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- brahmanes
brahmanes
28,694 corpus weight
- breakdance
breakdance
28,693 corpus weight
- brelan
brelan
28,692 corpus weight
- brocanteur
brocanteur
28,690 corpus weight
- broyeurs
broyeurs
28,688 corpus weight
- BRP
BRP
28,687 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « brocanteur » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | brocanteur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bʁɔ.kɑ̃.tœʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #71,311 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « brocanteur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
brocanteur is uncommon French at frequency #71,311 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bʁɔ.kɑ̃.tœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for brocanteur in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, 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 read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is brocanteur, spelled B-R-O-C-A-N-T-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Celui qui brocante.
- 2Commerçant en objets, meubles et bibelots anciens.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how brocanteur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est un fin brocanteur.
C’est cher, mais c’est beau, dit le brocanteur.
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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