coloriser
\kɔ.lɔ.ʁi.ze\
The verdict
“coloriser” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mettre en couleur un film noir et blanc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-coloriser · coloriser · French
coloriser · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | coloriser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kɔ.lɔ.ʁi.ze\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « coloriser » en français
Rare enough to double-check
coloriser is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \kɔ.lɔ.ʁi.ze\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
coloriser doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented 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 coloriser, spelled C-O-L-O-R-I-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Mettre en couleur un film noir et blanc.
- 2Mettre en couleur une illustration ou une planche de bande dessinée.
- 3Afficher tout ou partie d'un texte en couleur.
- 4Faire participer plus de gens de couleur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how coloriser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce film a été colorisé trente ans après sa sortie.
Parce qu’il y a cinquante ans, les Américains débarquaient en Normandie, TF1 diffuse le film de Cornelius Ryan et Daryl F. Zanuck Le Jour le plus long dans une version « colorisée » (pourquoi pas « coloriée » ?) et Arte évoque l’événement par des bandes authentiques de provenance américaine, anglaise et allemande.
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.