cultivateur

\kyl.ti.va.tœʁ\

/\kyl.ti.va.tœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“cultivateur” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,119. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,119
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui cultive la terre ou qui exploite une terre, un domaine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cultivateur · cultivateur · French

cultivateur · rank #30,119 · 16 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #30,119
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH creusant

Nearest frequency peer: creusant (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « cultivateur »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « cultivateur » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cultivateur vs cultivateurs
92% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cultivateur
PropertyValue
Headwordcultivateur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kyl.ti.va.tœʁ\
Letters11
Frequency rank#30,119
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cultivateur »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).cultivateurse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « creusant » (#30,118), « cures » (#30,120), « crachent » (#30,117). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cultivateur » est au #30,119. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around cultivateur (IPA \kyl.ti.va.tœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,119 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for cultivateur, with forms such as "ccultivateur", "clutivateur", and "culitvateur". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "cultivateurs", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is cultivateur, spelled C-U-L-T-I-V-A-T-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui qui cultive la terre ou qui exploite une terre, un domaine.
  2. 2
    Appareil, doté de dents souples, permettant le travail superficiel du sol.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how cultivateur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Si la racine de disette étoit une betterave, les cultivateurs sémeroient-ils si distinctement l’une & l’autre ?
  2. […] ; ce champignon parasite est réputé une maladie contagieuse par les cultivateurs, et sa persistance dans les champs où il s’est montré une première fois, vient à l’appui de leur croyance.

Synonyms

agriculteurfermiercul-terreuxpaysancanadiencultivateur canadienextirpateurchisel

This word in other languages

farmer(English)cultivador(Español)Bauer(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccultivateur
  • clutivateur
  • culitvateur
  • culltivateur
  • cultiavteur
  • cultivaetur
  • cultivateru
  • cultivateurr
  • cultivatteur
  • cultivatuer
  • cultivtaeur
  • cultivvateur
  • culttivateur
  • cultviateur
  • cutlivateur
  • ucltivateur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cultivateur - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccultivateur1clutivateur2culitvateur2culltivateur1cultiavteur2cultivaetur2cultivateru2cultivateurr1
Edit distance from "cultivateur"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cultivateur"?
"cultivateur" is spelled C-U-L-T-I-V-A-T-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kyl.ti.va.tœʁ\.
What does "cultivateur" mean?
As a noun, "cultivateur" means: Celui qui cultive la terre ou qui exploite une terre, un domaine.
What words are commonly confused with "cultivateur"?
"cultivateur" is commonly confused with "cultivateurs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cultivateur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cultivateur" is \kyl.ti.va.tœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cultivateur" come from?
"cultivateur" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cultivateur", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

contrepoids#30,111entretenues#30,149envahisseur#30,150extravagant#30,153

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

contrôlait16 variantsconfisqués16 variantsconditionnée16 variantsfacultative16 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list