définitoire
\de.fi.ni.twaʁ\
The verdict
“définitoire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lieu où s'assemblent les définiteurs, les principaux officiers du chapitre d'un ordre religieux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-definitoire · définitoire · French
définitoire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | définitoire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.fi.ni.twaʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “définitoire” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
définitoire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.fi.ni.twaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
définitoire doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 définitoire, spelled D-É-F-I-N-I-T-O-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Lieu où s'assemblent les définiteurs, les principaux officiers du chapitre d'un ordre religieux.
- 2Assemblée des officiers d'un ordre religieux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how définitoire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le bâtiment du définitoire de l'Abbaye de Cîteaux.
Le définitoire est construit en brique avec des chaînages et des baies en pierre de taille calcaire.
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