déambulateur
\de.ɑ̃.by.la.tœʁ\
The verdict
“déambulateur” is uncommon French (frequency #72,264 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,264
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Appareil composé d'une armature pourvue de roues et/ou des patins, qui aide les personnes âgées ou à mobilité réduite à marcher, en leur servant de support.
Corpus desk
Index FR-deambulateur · déambulateur · French
déambulateur · rank #72,264 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,264
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH déambulant
Nearest frequency peer: déambulant (-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 « déambulateur »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Duchêne
Duchêne
27,741 corpus weight
- dyspnée
dyspnée
27,739 corpus weight
- déambulant
déambulant
27,738 corpus weight
- déambulateur
déambulateur
27,737 corpus weight
- déboutée
déboutée
27,736 corpus weight
- déconnectées
déconnectées
27,733 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « déambulateur » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | déambulateur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.ɑ̃.by.la.tœʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #72,264 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « déambulateur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
déambulateur is uncommon French at frequency #72,264 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.ɑ̃.by.la.tœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Appareil composé d'une armature pourvue de roues et/ou des patins, qui aide les personnes âgées ou à mobilité réduite à marcher, en leur servant de support.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for déambulateur, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is déambulateur, spelled D-É-A-M-B-U-L-A-T-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Appareil composé d'une armature pourvue de roues et/ou des patins, qui aide les personnes âgées ou à mobilité réduite à marcher, en leur servant de support.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how déambulateur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le déambulateur (appelé aussi «marchette») offre un meilleur support et une plus grande stabilité que la canne ou les béquilles.
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.
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