escroqueuse
\ɛs.kʁɔ.køz\
The verdict
“escroqueuse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Femme qui escroque, ou qui est accusée d’escroquerie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-escroqueuse · escroqueuse · French
escroqueuse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | escroqueuse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛs.kʁɔ.køz\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « escroqueuse » en français
Rare enough to double-check
escroqueuse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛs.kʁɔ.køz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Femme qui escroque, ou qui est accusée d’escroquerie.".
escroqueuse has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is escroqueuse, spelled E-S-C-R-O-Q-U-E-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1Femme qui escroque, ou qui est accusée d’escroquerie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how escroqueuse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il y a des êtres fatalement poussés vers le meurtre par suite de lésions ou déformations cérébrales, ceci est incontestable : la marquise de Brinvilliers, parricide, infanticide, calomniatrice, incendiaire ; Gabrielle Bompard, prostituée, escroqueuse, calomniatrice, homicide ; Vacher, violateur, assassin, fou mystique, sont des exemples de cette catégorie.
Les votes de la Californie n’étaient pas encore comptés qu’on nous annonçait déjà que Hillary l’escroqueuse était gagnante.
Synonyms
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.