enchérisseur

\ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.sœʁ\

/\ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.sœʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“enchérisseur” is uncommon French (frequency #72,294 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,294
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui fait une enchère.

Corpus desk

Index FR-encherisseur · enchérisseur · French

enchérisseur · rank #72,294 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,294
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH empiètent

Nearest frequency peer: empiètent (-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 « enchérisseur »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « enchérisseur » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for enchérisseur
PropertyValue
Headwordenchérisseur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.sœʁ\
Letters12
Frequency rank#72,294
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « enchérisseur » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.enchérisseurtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « empiètent » (#72,293), « enfoncez » (#72,295), « emparait » (#72,292). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « enchérisseur » est au #72,294. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

enchérisseur is uncommon French at frequency #72,294 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.sœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Celui qui fait une enchère.".

enchérisseur has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is enchérisseur, spelled E-N-C-H-É-R-I-S-S-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui qui fait une enchère.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le denier à Dieu, donné d’abord volontairement, était quelquefois exigé ; ainsi dans une vente à l’encan, le dernier enchérisseur devait toujours consigner son denier à Dieu.

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 "enchérisseur"?
"enchérisseur" is spelled E-N-C-H-É-R-I-S-S-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.sœʁ\.
What does "enchérisseur" mean?
As a noun, "enchérisseur" means: Celui qui fait une enchère.
How do you pronounce "enchérisseur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "enchérisseur" is \ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.sœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "enchérisseur" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list