descripteurs
\dɛs.kʁip.tœʁ\
The verdict
“descripteurs” is uncommon French (frequency #69,747 among 404,891 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,747
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de descripteur.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | descripteurs |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \dɛs.kʁip.tœʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #69,747 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “descripteurs” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
descripteurs is uncommon French at frequency #69,747 among 404,891 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \dɛs.kʁip.tœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Masculin pluriel de descripteur.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for descripteurs, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is descripteurs, spelled D-E-S-C-R-I-P-T-E-U-R-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de descripteur.
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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Using “descripteurs”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-E-S-C-R-I-P-T-E-U-R-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \dɛs.kʁip.tœʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.