developer

/\dɪˈvɛl.ə.pə(ɹ)\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#62,195

in French word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

developer is aFrenchnoun. It means: Développeur. Pronounced \dɪˈvɛl.ə.pə(ɹ)\.

Key facts for developer
PropertyValue
Headworddeveloper
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dɪˈvɛl.ə.pə(ɹ)\
Letters9
Frequency rank#62,195
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for developer is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \dɪˈvɛl.ə.pə(ɹ)\. Corpus data places it at rank #62,195 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for developer in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable French patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.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, 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 developer, spelled D-E-V-E-L-O-P-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Développeur.
  2. 2
    Personne ou société qui développe un projet, concepteur.
  3. 3
    Produits chimiques utilisés pour le développement des photos.
  4. 4
    Personne qui utilise des produits chimiques pour le développement des photos.

Frequency rank: #62,195 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "developer"?
"developer" is spelled D-E-V-E-L-O-P-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \dɪˈvɛl.ə.pə(ɹ)\.
What does "developer" mean?
As a noun, "developer" means: Développeur.
How do you pronounce "developer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "developer" is \dɪˈvɛl.ə.pə(ɹ)\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "developer" come from?
"developer" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.