extorqueur
\ɛk.stɔʁ.kœʁ\
The verdict
“extorqueur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui extorque.
Corpus desk
Index FR-extorqueur · extorqueur · French
extorqueur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | extorqueur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛk.stɔʁ.kœʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
extorqueur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛk.stɔʁ.kœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Celui qui extorque.".
extorqueur has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is extorqueur, spelled E-X-T-O-R-Q-U-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Celui qui extorque.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how extorqueur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un voleur de pommes n’échappera point à la justice, un extorqueur de milliards aura la peau des autres pour gage.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.