éventreur
\e.vɑ̃t.ʁœʁ\
The verdict
“éventreur” is uncommon French (frequency #52,449 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,449
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Criminel qui éventre ses victimes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-eventreur · éventreur · French
éventreur · rank #52,449 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,449
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH étirant
Nearest frequency peer: étirant (-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 « éventreur »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- épervier
épervier
47,555 corpus weight
- équidés
équidés
47,554 corpus weight
- étirant
étirant
47,553 corpus weight
- éventreur
éventreur
47,552 corpus weight
- 3s
3s
47,551 corpus weight
- abattements
abattements
47,550 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « éventreur » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | éventreur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.vɑ̃t.ʁœʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #52,449 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « éventreur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
éventreur is uncommon French at frequency #52,449 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.vɑ̃t.ʁœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Criminel qui éventre ses victimes.".
éventreur doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is éventreur, spelled É-V-E-N-T-R-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Criminel qui éventre ses victimes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how éventreur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un inspecteur cherche dans l’opium et l’absinthe la solution d’une enquête sur un éventreur qui s’attaque à des prostituées londoniennes.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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