feeder
\fi.dœʁ\
The verdict
“feeder” is uncommon French (frequency #94,800 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,800
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Long canal qui amène le verre en fusion du bassin du four aux machines de formage.
Corpus desk
Index FR-feeder · feeder · French
feeder · rank #94,800 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,800
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH FBF
Nearest frequency peer: FBF (-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 « feeder »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- fantasmagor…
fantasmagorie
5,205 corpus weight
- Farel
Farel
5,204 corpus weight
- faucilles
faucilles
5,203 corpus weight
- FBF
FBF
5,202 corpus weight
- feeder
feeder
5,201 corpus weight
- fermoirs
fermoirs
5,197 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « feeder » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | feeder |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fi.dœʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #94,800 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « feeder » en français
Rare enough to double-check
feeder is uncommon French at frequency #94,800 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fi.dœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
feeder doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is feeder, spelled F-E-E-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1Long canal qui amène le verre en fusion du bassin du four aux machines de formage.
- 2Câble électrique d’alimentation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how feeder appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La coloration est obtenue par l'incorporation dans le verre blanc en fusion dans le « feeder » d'une matrice vitreuse, appelée « fritte », chargée en oxyde métallique.
L'alimentation en 25 kV alternatif des tronçons situés en gare de Quévy provient des 2 câbles (nommés "feeders") aériens longitudinaux placés en surplomb des caténaires et transite par un poste électrique dénommé «herse» (116).
Synonyms
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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