distributrice
\dis.tʁi.by.tʁis\
The verdict
“distributrice” is uncommon French (frequency #82,860 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,860
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celle qui distribue, qui partage, qui répartit.
Corpus desk
Index FR-distributrice · distributrice · French
distributrice · rank #82,860 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,860
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH distri
Nearest frequency peer: distri (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « distributrice »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- discus
discus
17,144 corpus weight
- disputa
disputa
17,143 corpus weight
- distri
distri
17,142 corpus weight
- distributri…
distributrice
17,141 corpus weight
- diversions
diversions
17,140 corpus weight
- divonne
divonne
17,138 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « distributrice » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | distributrice |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dis.tʁi.by.tʁis\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #82,860 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « distributrice » en français
Rare enough to double-check
distributrice is uncommon French at frequency #82,860 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \dis.tʁi.by.tʁis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for distributrice in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is distributrice, spelled D-I-S-T-R-I-B-U-T-R-I-C-E.
Definition
- 1Celle qui distribue, qui partage, qui répartit.
- 2Celle qui distribue le courrier.
- 3Appareil automatique qui distribue divers objets quand on y a inséré une pièce de monnaie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how distributrice appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ils en étoient les adorateur, et donnant à cette conductrice aveugle un gouvernail en main; ils la regardoient comme la moderatrice du monde, et la distributrice de tous les biens.
Les plus défavorisées parmi les postières étaient les distributrices, titulaires de bureaux où ne s’effectuaient que les opérations concernant le courrier.
Synonyms
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); 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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