exterminateur
\ɛk.stɛʁ.mi.na.tœʁ\
The verdict
“exterminateur” is uncommon French (frequency #60,775 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,775
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui extermine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-exterminateur · exterminateur · French
exterminateur · rank #60,775 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,775
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH exploiteurs
Nearest frequency peer: exploiteurs (-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 « exterminateur »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- exhibitions
exhibitions
39,230 corpus weight
- exogène
exogène
39,229 corpus weight
- exploiteurs
exploiteurs
39,227 corpus weight
- exterminate…
exterminateur
39,226 corpus weight
- facade
facade
39,224 corpus weight
- Faidherbe
Faidherbe
39,223 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « exterminateur » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | exterminateur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛk.stɛʁ.mi.na.tœʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #60,775 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « exterminateur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
exterminateur is uncommon French at frequency #60,775 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛk.stɛʁ.mi.na.tœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Celui qui extermine.".
exterminateur has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is exterminateur, spelled E-X-T-E-R-M-I-N-A-T-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Celui qui extermine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how exterminateur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Remettez d’un sens droit toute chose en son lieu. Si je mens, que le ciel s’entr’ouvre et me dévore, Que l’Exterminateur me brûle de son feu ! —
C’est reconnu : ardent exterminateur de chenilles, le carabe doré mérite par excellence son titre de jardinière; il est le vigilant garde champêtre de l’hortolaille et des plates-bandes fleuries.
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).