lecteur·ice
\lek.tœ.ʁis\
The verdict
“lecteur·ice” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne sans détermination de son genre qui lit pour son plaisir ou pour s'instruire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lecteur-ice · lecteur·ice · French
lecteur·ice · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | lecteur·ice |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lek.tœ.ʁis\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
lecteur·ice is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \lek.tœ.ʁis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for lecteur·ice in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is lecteur·ice, spelled L-E-C-T-E-U-R-·-I-C-E.
Definition
- 1Personne sans détermination de son genre qui lit pour son plaisir ou pour s'instruire.
- 2Personne non-binaire qui lit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lecteur·ice appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les lecteurices ont des usages, des pratiques, ils et elles se prêtent les livres, les annotent, les commentent, les échangent, en parlent sur leur blog…
Au revoir cher·e·s lecteur·ice·s, prenez soin de vous.
Synonyms
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.