dessinateur

/\dɛ.si.na.tœʁ\/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,752

in French word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

dessinateur is aFrenchnoun. It means: Celui dont la profession est de dessiner toute sorte de dessins : plan, BD, … Pronounced \dɛ.si.na.tœʁ\. Often confused with dessinateurs.

Key facts for dessinateur
PropertyValue
Headworddessinateur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dɛ.si.na.tœʁ\
Letters11
Frequency rank#11,752
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of dessinateur in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for dessinateur is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \dɛ.si.na.tœʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #11,752 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for dessinateur, with forms such as "ddessinateur", "desinateur", and "desisnateur". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "dessinateurs", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is dessinateur, spelled D-E-S-S-I-N-A-T-E-U-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui dont la profession est de dessiner toute sorte de dessins : plan, BD, …
  2. 2
    Peintre qui sait rendre avec justesse les formes, le contour des figures.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddessinateur,desinateur,desisnateur,dessianteur,dessinaetur,dessinateru,dessinateurr,dessinatteur,dessinatuer,dessinnateur,dessintaeur,dessniateur,dsesinateur,edssinateur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for dessinateur

Misspelling Variants of "dessinateur"

ddessinateur12desinateur10desisnateur11dessianteur11dessinaetur11dessinateru11dessinateurr12dessinatteur12
Misspelling Variants of "dessinateur"

Frequency rank: #11,752 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dessinateur"?
"dessinateur" is spelled D-E-S-S-I-N-A-T-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \dɛ.si.na.tœʁ\.
What does "dessinateur" mean?
As a noun, "dessinateur" means: Celui dont la profession est de dessiner toute sorte de dessins : plan, BD, …
What words are commonly confused with "dessinateur"?
"dessinateur" is commonly confused with "dessinateurs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dessinateur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dessinateur" is \dɛ.si.na.tœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dessinateur" come from?
"dessinateur" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: 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.