laboureux
\la.bu.ʁø\
The verdict
“laboureux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Laboureur
Corpus desk
Index FR-laboureux · laboureux · French
laboureux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" 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 | laboureux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \la.bu.ʁø\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « laboureux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
laboureux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \la.bu.ʁø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Laboureur".
laboureux doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is laboureux, spelled L-A-B-O-U-R-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Laboureur
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how laboureux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Je ne veux pas dire cela, monsieur Fauconnet, bien sûr que non ! — À la bonne heure, parce que, tu sais, les laboureux ne manquent pas : après toi, un autre.
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.