débatteur

\de.ba.tœʁ\

/\de.ba.tœʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“débatteur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui débat, qui participe à un ou plusieurs débats.

Corpus desk

Index FR-debatteur · débatteur · French

débatteur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "D" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for débatteur
PropertyValue
Headworddébatteur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\de.ba.tœʁ\
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « débatteur » en français

débatteurreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

débatteur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.ba.tœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Celui qui débat, qui participe à un ou plusieurs débats.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for débatteur, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is débatteur, spelled D-É-B-A-T-T-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui qui débat, qui participe à un ou plusieurs débats.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Blain s'y révèle le penseur par excellence de la laïcité, un débatteur cohérent.
  2. Un problème ? Vite, un débat ! Avec un débatteur pour et un débatteur contre, dont la mission n'est pas d’échanger mais de s’opposer. L’invective est souhaitée, la nuance malvenue.

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "débatteur"?
"débatteur" is spelled D-É-B-A-T-T-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \de.ba.tœʁ\.
What does "débatteur" mean?
As a noun, "débatteur" means: Celui qui débat, qui participe à un ou plusieurs débats.
How do you pronounce "débatteur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "débatteur" is \de.ba.tœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "débatteur" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list