fricoteur
\fʁi.kɔ.tœʁ\
The verdict
“fricoteur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui fricote.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fricoteur · fricoteur · French
fricoteur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | fricoteur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fʁi.kɔ.tœʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
fricoteur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fʁi.kɔ.tœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui fricote.".
fricoteur has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is fricoteur, spelled F-R-I-C-O-T-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Qui fricote.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fricoteur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quelques officiers, tarés ou « fricoteurs », trouvent fort intéressant de puiser dans les fonds secrets de deux ou trois grandes puissances en passant aux divers services de renseignements auxquels ils sont affiliés des pièces ….
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.