laboureur

\la.bu.ʁœʁ\

/\la.bu.ʁœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“laboureur” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,539. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,539
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ouvrier agricole spécialement employé pour le labourage.

Corpus desk

Index FR-laboureur · laboureur · French

laboureur · rank #44,539 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,539
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH kyrie

Nearest frequency peer: kyrie (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « laboureur »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « laboureur » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

laboureur vs Lamoureux
67% similar
laboureur vs labourer
89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for laboureur
PropertyValue
Headwordlaboureur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\la.bu.ʁœʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#44,539
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « laboureur »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).laboureurse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « kyrie » (#44,538), « Kidman » (#44,537), « Lasserre » (#44,541). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « laboureur » est au #44,539. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around laboureur (IPA \la.bu.ʁœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,539 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for laboureur, with forms such as "alboureur", "labboureur", and "laborueur". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Lamoureux", "labourer", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is laboureur, spelled L-A-B-O-U-R-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ouvrier agricole spécialement employé pour le labourage.
  2. 2
    Celui qui est en train de labourer.
  3. 3
    Riche paysan qui possédait au moins un attelage de labour.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how laboureur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ce soc est fort petit, et le coutre qui ne fait qu’écorcher la terre, pour ainsi dire ; à mesure que les sillons sont tirés, les laboureurs rompent les mottes avec de grosses maillottes de bois, et avec la herse qui est petite et a de petites dents, […].
  2. En réalité, dès l’Ancien Régime, le terme de « métairie » désignait dans l’Ouest une exploitation importante, menée par un « laboureur » pourvu d’un notable capital d’exploitation, et notamment d’un ou plusieurs attelages par opposition au « bordage », de beaucoup plus petite dimension, exploité par un bordager ou closier, sensiblement plus démuni de chep…

Synonyms

laboureux

This word in other languages

ploughman(English)labrador(Español)Bauer(Deutsch)lavrador(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • alboureur
  • labboureur
  • laborueur
  • labouerur
  • laboureru
  • laboureurr
  • labourreur
  • labouruer
  • labuoreur
  • laobureur
  • lbaoureur
  • llaboureur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of laboureur - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

alboureur2labboureur1laborueur2labouerur2laboureru2laboureurr1labourreur1labouruer2
Edit distance from "laboureur"

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 "laboureur"?
"laboureur" is spelled L-A-B-O-U-R-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \la.bu.ʁœʁ\.
What does "laboureur" mean?
As a noun, "laboureur" means: Ouvrier agricole spécialement employé pour le labourage.
What words are commonly confused with "laboureur"?
"laboureur" is commonly confused with "Lamoureux", "labourer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "laboureur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "laboureur" is \la.bu.ʁœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "laboureur" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "laboureur", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Karlsruhe#44,534lombaires#44,551invaincue#44,521Magdalena#44,559

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

maisonnette12 variantsintentée12 variantsmalignes12 variantsmarquises12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list