globe-trotter
\ɡlɔb.tʁɔ.tœʁ\
The verdict
“globe-trotter” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui voyage beaucoup, qui parcourt le monde.
Corpus desk
Index FR-globe-trotter · globe-trotter · French
globe-trotter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | globe-trotter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡlɔb.tʁɔ.tœʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
globe-trotter is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡlɔb.tʁɔ.tœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne qui voyage beaucoup, qui parcourt le monde.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for globe-trotter, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is globe-trotter, spelled G-L-O-B-E---T-R-O-T-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Personne qui voyage beaucoup, qui parcourt le monde.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how globe-trotter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bâtie en terrasses entre la mer et un écran de hautes montagnes aux formes tourmentées, ses rues étroites et ses maisons ornées de jolis balcons, surmontées de toits en saillie et de miradores, lui impriment un cachet pittoresque, capable de satisfaire le plus blasé des globe-trotters.
Il aime prendre les airs d'un globe-trotter. Les billets qu'il envoie de ses relais, réels ou imaginés, ont la fièvre et galopent comme lui.
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.