éleveur

\e.lə.vœʁ\

/\e.lə.vœʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“éleveur” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,615. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,615
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui élève des animaux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-eleveur · éleveur · French

éleveur · rank #20,615 · 10 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,615
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH égaré

Nearest frequency peer: égaré (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « éleveur »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « éleveur » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

éleveur vs enlever
57% similar
éleveur vs éleveurs
88% similar
éleveur vs élève
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for éleveur
PropertyValue
Headwordéleveur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.lə.vœʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#20,615
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « éleveur »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).éleveurse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « égaré » (#20,614), « émane » (#20,616), « éducateur » (#20,613). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « éleveur » est au #20,615. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around éleveur (IPA \e.lə.vœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,615 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for éleveur, with forms such as "eleveur", "léeveur", and "éelveur". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "enlever", "éleveurs", "élève", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is éleveur, spelled É-L-E-V-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui qui élève des animaux.
  2. 2
    Celui qui surveille le vieillissement des vins, après la récolte.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how éleveur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Suivez donc la marche que vous avez adoptée, éleveurs de l’Artois, de la Picardie, du Perche, des Ardennes et de la Franche-Comté, votre intelligence est au-dessus de celle de l’administration des haras.
  2. L’éleveur ne peut vendre aucun des chevaux d’élevage de son taboune avant qu'il ait atteint l'âge de trois ans et demi et qu'il ait été présenté à la commission.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eleveur
  • léeveur
  • éelveur
  • éleevur
  • éleveru
  • éleveurr
  • élevuer
  • élevveur
  • élleveur
  • élveeur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of éleveur - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

eleveur1léeveur2éelveur2éleevur2éleveru2éleveurr1élevuer2élevveur1
Edit distance from "éleveur"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "éleveur"?
"éleveur" is spelled É-L-E-V-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \e.lə.vœʁ\.
What does "éleveur" mean?
As a noun, "éleveur" means: Celui qui élève des animaux.
What words are commonly confused with "éleveur"?
"éleveur" is commonly confused with "enlever", "éleveurs", "élève". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "éleveur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "éleveur" is \e.lə.vœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "éleveur" come from?
"éleveur" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "éleveur", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list