illustrator

noun

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The verdict

“illustrator” is uncommon French (frequency #67,588 among 142,603 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,588
frequency rank, French
142,603
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Illustrateur.

Key facts for illustrator
PropertyValue
Headwordillustrator
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#67,588
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “illustrator” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). illustrator lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

illustrator is uncommon French at frequency #67,588 among 142,603 “I” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Illustrateur.".

No misspelling variants are generated for illustrator in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 illustrator, spelled I-L-L-U-S-T-R-A-T-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Illustrateur.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "illustrator"?
"illustrator" is spelled I-L-L-U-S-T-R-A-T-O-R.
What does "illustrator" mean?
As a noun, "illustrator" means: Illustrateur.
What language does "illustrator" come from?
"illustrator" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “illustrator”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is I-L-L-U-S-T-R-A-T-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list