dealeur

\di.lœʁ\

/\di.lœʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“dealeur” is uncommon French (frequency #90,610 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,610
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Narcotrafiquant, vendeur de drogue, de stupéfiants.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dealeur · dealeur · French

dealeur · rank #90,610 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,610
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dedicated

Nearest frequency peer: dedicated (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « dealeur »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « dealeur » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dealeur
PropertyValue
Headworddealeur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\di.lœʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#90,610
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « dealeur » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).dealeurtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « dedicated » (#90,611), « demandeuse » (#90,612), « danko » (#90,607). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dealeur » est au #90,610. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dealeur is uncommon French at frequency #90,610 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \di.lœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Narcotrafiquant, vendeur de drogue, de stupéfiants.".

No misspelling variants are generated for dealeur in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is dealeur, spelled D-E-A-L-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Narcotrafiquant, vendeur de drogue, de stupéfiants.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Aucun dealeur local ne peut satisfaire la totalité de la nouvelle demande de cannabis et les jeunes les plus téméraires s’aventurent dans les cités des environs pour s’approvisionner, puis consomment et revendent dans les rues de leur quartier.
  2. À la suite du dossier du Parisien sur la « guerre perdue contre les dealeurs » du 5 septembre, dans lequel des policiers dénoncent la stratégie de l’État en matière de lutte contre les stupéfiants, Gérald Darmanin a tenté de convaincre.

Synonyms

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); 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 "dealeur"?
"dealeur" is spelled D-E-A-L-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \di.lœʁ\.
What does "dealeur" mean?
As a noun, "dealeur" means: Narcotrafiquant, vendeur de drogue, de stupéfiants.
How do you pronounce "dealeur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dealeur" is \di.lœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list