commissaire-priseur
\kɔ.mi.sɛʁ.pʁi.zœʁ\
The verdict
“commissaire-priseur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Officier ministériel titulaire d'une charge, qui garantit de la régularité des ventes aux enchères publiques.
Corpus desk
Index FR-commissaire-priseur · commissaire-priseur · French
commissaire-priseur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 | commissaire-priseur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.mi.sɛʁ.pʁi.zœʁ\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « commissaire-priseur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
commissaire-priseur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ.mi.sɛʁ.pʁi.zœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Officier ministériel titulaire d'une charge, qui garantit de la régularité des ventes aux enchères publiques.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for commissaire-priseur, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is commissaire-priseur, spelled C-O-M-M-I-S-S-A-I-R-E---P-R-I-S-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Officier ministériel titulaire d'une charge, qui garantit de la régularité des ventes aux enchères publiques.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how commissaire-priseur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Oh ! me dit le commissaire-priseur, tout cela était bien rococo. » Mot épouvantable qui flétrissait toutes les religions de mon enfance.
En 1552, un édit d'Henri II vient renforcer la notoriété des enchères. […]. Il donnera à la profession de commissaire-priseur certains traits caractéristiques encore valables aujourd'hui, notament le statut d'officier ministériel pour les commissaires-priseurs judiciaires.
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.