customer

\ˈkʌs.tə.mɚ\

/\ˈkʌs.tə.mɚ\/ noun

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The verdict

“customer” is uncommon French (frequency #65,059 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,059
frequency rank, French
257,141
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Client, régulier ou temporaire.

Key facts for customer
PropertyValue
Headwordcustomer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈkʌs.tə.mɚ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#65,059
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “customer” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). customer lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

customer is uncommon French at frequency #65,059 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈkʌs.tə.mɚ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Client, régulier ou temporaire.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for customer, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is customer, spelled C-U-S-T-O-M-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Client, régulier ou temporaire.

Synonyms

clientconsumer

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 "customer"?
"customer" is spelled C-U-S-T-O-M-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈkʌs.tə.mɚ\.
What does "customer" mean?
As a noun, "customer" means: Client, régulier ou temporaire.
How do you pronounce "customer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "customer" is \ˈkʌs.tə.mɚ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "customer" come from?
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Using “customer”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-U-S-T-O-M-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ˈkʌs.tə.mɚ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list