classeur

/\kla.sœʁ\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#31,888

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

classeur is aFrenchnoun. It means: Meuble à compartiments qui sert à classer des papiers, des documents. Pronounced \kla.sœʁ\. Often confused with crasseux and classe.

Key facts for classeur
PropertyValue
Headwordclasseur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kla.sœʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#31,888
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of classeur in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for classeur is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kla.sœʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #31,888 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for classeur, with forms such as "calsseur", "cclasseur", and "clasesur". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "crasseux", "classe", "casser", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is classeur, spelled C-L-A-S-S-E-U-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Meuble à compartiments qui sert à classer des papiers, des documents.
  2. 2
    Reliure ou portefeuille à compartiments destinés à accueillir des feuilles de papier amovibles perforées.
  3. 3
    Objet ressemblant à un album, dont les pages sont munies de petites bandes collées à leur partie inférieure, destiné au rangement des timbres.
  4. 4
    Fichier créé et manipulé par les tableurs, contenant une ou plusieurs feuilles de calcul et éventuellement des macros.
  5. 5
    Celui qui classe.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: calsseur,cclasseur,clasesur,claseur,classeru,classeurr,classuer,cllasseur,clsaseur,lcasseur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for classeur

Misspelling Variants of "classeur"

calsseur8cclasseur9clasesur8claseur7classeru8classeurr9classuer8cllasseur9
Misspelling Variants of "classeur"

Frequency rank: #31,888 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "classeur"?
"classeur" is spelled C-L-A-S-S-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kla.sœʁ\.
What does "classeur" mean?
As a noun, "classeur" means: Meuble à compartiments qui sert à classer des papiers, des documents.
What words are commonly confused with "classeur"?
"classeur" is commonly confused with "crasseux", "classe", "casser". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "classeur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "classeur" is \kla.sœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "classeur" come from?
"classeur" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.