inhalateur
\i.na.la.tœʁ\
The verdict
“inhalateur” is uncommon French (frequency #91,819 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,819
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Appareil généralement portatif qui sert à inhaler des substances médicamenteuses.
Corpus desk
Index FR-inhalateur · inhalateur · French
inhalateur · rank #91,819 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,819
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH ingénuité
Nearest frequency peer: ingénuité (-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 « inhalateur »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- inductif
inductif
8,185 corpus weight
- infamante
infamante
8,184 corpus weight
- ingénuité
ingénuité
8,183 corpus weight
- inhalateur
inhalateur
8,182 corpus weight
- inhibitrice
inhibitrice
8,181 corpus weight
- inhibée
inhibée
8,180 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « inhalateur » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inhalateur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \i.na.la.tœʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #91,819 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « inhalateur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
inhalateur is uncommon French at frequency #91,819 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \i.na.la.tœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Appareil généralement portatif qui sert à inhaler des substances médicamenteuses.".
Zero misspellings are on record for inhalateur in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is inhalateur, spelled I-N-H-A-L-A-T-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Appareil généralement portatif qui sert à inhaler des substances médicamenteuses.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how inhalateur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Plusieurs malades, assis, la tête encapuchonnée de serviettes, étaient penchés sur les inhalateurs. Une vapeur qui sentait le menthol et l'eucalyptus emplissait la petite salle chaude et silencieuse, où l’on se voyait à peine.
Autrefois, on avait un inhalateur en plastique dont les deux parties se déboîtaient toujours et qui laissait des cernes sous les yeux. En éloignant un peu son livre, on pouvait même lire.
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); 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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