lâcheur
\lɑ.ʃœʁ\
The verdict
“lâcheur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui abandonne ses amis, malgré ce qui était organisé avec eux (ou éventuellement qui abandonne son parti, ses principes, etc.).
Corpus desk
Index FR-lacheur · lâcheur · French
lâcheur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | lâcheur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lɑ.ʃœʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « lâcheur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lâcheur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \lɑ.ʃœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Celui qui abandonne ses amis, malgré ce qui était organisé avec eux (ou éventuellement qui abandonne son parti, ses principes, etc.).".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for lâcheur, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is lâcheur, spelled L-Â-C-H-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Celui qui abandonne ses amis, malgré ce qui était organisé avec eux (ou éventuellement qui abandonne son parti, ses principes, etc.).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lâcheur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tu es un joli lâcheur. N’importe !... monte et conduis-moi au cercle. J'en ai long à te conter.
Léontine. — Mais vous me disiez qu’il y avait longtemps que vous n’aviez pas vu M. Duchotel ? Cassagne. — Oh ! il y a belle lurette, au moins six mois ! Léontine. — Six mois ! Cassagne. — Vous lui direz que c’est un lâcheur !
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.