écorcheur
\e.kɔʁ.ʃœʁ\
The verdict
“écorcheur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui écorche les bêtes, les dépouille de leur peau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ecorcheur · écorcheur · French
écorcheur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "É" 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 | écorcheur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.kɔʁ.ʃœʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
écorcheur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.kɔʁ.ʃœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for écorcheur in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is écorcheur, spelled É-C-O-R-C-H-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Celui qui écorche les bêtes, les dépouille de leur peau.
- 2Hôtelier, homme d’affaires, commerçant qui pratique des prix abusifs.
- 3Tortionnaire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how écorcheur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce cheval n’est plus bon que pour l’écorcheur, qu’à envoyer à l’écorcheur.
De ces enceintes horribles s’échappent, avec une atmosphère chargée d’émanations fétides, des cris féroces d’écorcheurs, des aboiements sinistres de chiens, des hurlements prolongés de bêtes expirantes …
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.