exploiteur

\ɛks.plwa.tœʁ\

/\ɛks.plwa.tœʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“exploiteur” is uncommon French (frequency #78,411 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,411
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui exploite, qui tire un profit illicite ou abusif d’une situation ou d’une personne.

Corpus desk

Index FR-exploiteur · exploiteur · French

exploiteur · rank #78,411 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,411
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH expansive

Nearest frequency peer: expansive (-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 « exploiteur »

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 « exploiteur » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for exploiteur
PropertyValue
Headwordexploiteur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛks.plwa.tœʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#78,411
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « exploiteur » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.exploiteurtombe 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: « expansive » (#78,410), « explorons » (#78,412), « exemptée » (#78,409). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « exploiteur » est au #78,411. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

exploiteur is uncommon French at frequency #78,411 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛks.plwa.tœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for exploiteur in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is exploiteur, spelled E-X-P-L-O-I-T-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui qui exploite, qui tire un profit illicite ou abusif d’une situation ou d’une personne.
  2. 2
    Élément de programme permettant d'exploiter une faille de sécurité informatique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La bouche grasse, les pommettes rouges, les yeux injectés de bourgogne, Guillaume-Adolphe Porcellet célébra la grève, la sainte grève!... Avec une rare éloquence, il parla des exploiteurs de peuples, des affameurs de pauvres.
  2. Ainsi toute cette philosophie sert,à voiler les misères de l'époque […]. Elle sert à détourner les exploités de la contemplation périlleuse pour les exploiteurs, de leur dégradation, de leur abaissement.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "exploiteur"?
"exploiteur" is spelled E-X-P-L-O-I-T-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛks.plwa.tœʁ\.
What does "exploiteur" mean?
As a noun, "exploiteur" means: Celui qui exploite, qui tire un profit illicite ou abusif d’une situation ou d’une personne.
How do you pronounce "exploiteur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exploiteur" is \ɛks.plwa.tœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list