heurtoir
^((h aspiré))\œʁ.twaʁ\
The verdict
“heurtoir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Marteau attaché, fixé à une porte et dont on se sert pour la frapper.
Corpus desk
Index FR-heurtoir · heurtoir · French
heurtoir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" 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 | heurtoir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\œʁ.twaʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « heurtoir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
heurtoir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\œʁ.twaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
heurtoir doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is heurtoir, spelled H-E-U-R-T-O-I-R.
Definition
- 1Marteau attaché, fixé à une porte et dont on se sert pour la frapper.
- 2Obstacle artificiel posé sur à la fin des voies de chemin de fer dans le but d’arrêter les trains.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how heurtoir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Entrons maintenant, si vous le voulez bien, mais remarquez d’abord le heurtoir de la porte d’entrée, intéressant spécimen de la serrurerie d’art au XVIᵉ siècle ; […]
Zarzavadjian avait appris à aimer l’univers enchevêtré des arrière-gares et des voies de triage. Tous les poteaux, les potences et les portiques et leurs signalisations suspendues. […]. Les sémaphores et les feux de heurtoirs. Et bien entendu l’infinie arborescence des rails.
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.