ciseleur
\si.zlœʁ\
The verdict
“ciseleur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ouvrier dont le métier est de ciseler.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ciseleur · ciseleur · French
ciseleur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | ciseleur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \si.zlœʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ciseleur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ciseleur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \si.zlœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ciseleur, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is ciseleur, spelled C-I-S-E-L-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Ouvrier dont le métier est de ciseler.
- 2Qui cisèle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ciseleur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’était pour lui qu’elle se limait les ongles avec un soin de ciseleur.
Nous n'avons pas à faire ici la description du travail du ciseleur.
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.