doreur
\dɔ.ʁœʁ\
The verdict
“doreur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Artisan dont le métier est de dorer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-doreur · doreur · French
doreur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | doreur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dɔ.ʁœʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « doreur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
doreur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dɔ.ʁœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Artisan dont le métier est de dorer.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for doreur, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is doreur, spelled D-O-R-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Artisan dont le métier est de dorer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how doreur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il arrive quelquefois que le doreur a oublié de mettre l'or dans des petits fonds, ou qu’en passant la colle, il enlève quelques petites parties d’or; alors il faut en couper une feuille sur le coussin par petits morceaux, le poser avec un pinceau à ramender, après avoir mouillé la place où il manque avec un petit pinceau un peu trempé; lorsque le ramenda…
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.