curateur
\ky.ʁa.tœʁ\
The verdict
“curateur” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #41,210 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #41,210
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Celui qui est établi par justice, soit pour veiller aux intérêts d’un mineur émancipé et l’assister dans certains actes, soit pour administrer les biens d’un majeur déclaré incapable de les gouvern...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | curateur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ky.ʁa.tœʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #41,210 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “curateur” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for curateur is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ky.ʁa.tœʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #41,210 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 generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for curateur, with forms such as "ccurateur", "cruateur", and "cuarteur". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "curseur", "créateur", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is curateur, spelled C-U-R-A-T-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Celui qui est établi par justice, soit pour veiller aux intérêts d’un mineur émancipé et l’assister dans certains actes, soit pour administrer les biens d’un majeur déclaré incapable de les gouverner lui-même, soit enfin pour régir une succession vacante ou une chose abandonnée.
- 2Celui qui est désigné par le tribunal de commerce pour administrer une faillite, procéder à la liquidation de celle-ci et en répartir le produit entre les créanciers déclarés du failli.
- 3Celui qui se charge des affaires financières et/ou administratives d’une personne qui, en raison de son état de santé, n’est plus capable de le faire soi-même.
- 4Celui qui gère une collection d’œuvres d’art.
- 5Fonctionnaire impérial romain soit de rang prétorien, c’est-à-dire occupant la fonction de préteur, soit ceux de rang consulaire. Ils sont chargés de veiller sur les édifices sacrés, les constructions et les lieux publics, la voirie, le cours du Tibre.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccurateur,cruateur,cuarteur,curaetur,curateru,curateurr,curatteur,curatuer,currateur,curtaeur,ucrateur
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of curateur - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “curateur”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-U-R-A-T-E-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ky.ʁa.tœʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “curseur” - see the side-by-side comparison. curateur vs curseur
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.