chasseur de primes

\ʃa.sœʁ də pʁim\

/\ʃa.sœʁ də pʁim\/ noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
18
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Personne qui gagne sa vie en attrapant des hors-la-loi pour la capture desquels est offerte une prime.

Key facts for chasseur de primes
PropertyValue
Headwordchasseur de primes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃa.sœʁ də pʁim\
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “chasseur de primes” sits in French frequency

chasseur de primes 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

chasseur de primes is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃa.sœʁ də pʁim\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne qui gagne sa vie en attrapant des hors-la-loi pour la capture desquels est offerte une prime.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for chasseur de primes, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is chasseur de primes, spelled C-H-A-S-S-E-U-R- -D-E- -P-R-I-M-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne qui gagne sa vie en attrapant des hors-la-loi pour la capture desquels est offerte une prime.

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 "chasseur de primes"?
"chasseur de primes" is spelled C-H-A-S-S-E-U-R- -D-E- -P-R-I-M-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃa.sœʁ də pʁim\.
What does "chasseur de primes" mean?
As a noun, "chasseur de primes" means: Personne qui gagne sa vie en attrapant des hors-la-loi pour la capture desquels est offerte une prime.
How do you pronounce "chasseur de primes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chasseur de primes" is \ʃa.sœʁ də pʁim\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chasseur de primes" come from?
"chasseur de primes" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “chasseur de primes”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is C-H-A-S-S-E-U-R- -D-E- -P-R-I-M-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ʃa.sœʁ də pʁim\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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