limiteur
\li.mi.tœʁ\
The verdict
“limiteur” is uncommon French (frequency #74,954 among 128,088 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,954
- frequency rank, French
- 128,088
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dispositif, appareil destiné à empêcher qu’un paramètre physique dépasse une certaine limite.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | limiteur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \li.mi.tœʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #74,954 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “limiteur” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
limiteur is uncommon French at frequency #74,954 among 128,088 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \li.mi.tœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for limiteur in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is limiteur, spelled L-I-M-I-T-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Dispositif, appareil destiné à empêcher qu’un paramètre physique dépasse une certaine limite.
- 2Barrière matérielle délimitant, dans certaines configurations magnétiques toroïdales, le volume occupé par le plasma thermonucléaire pour empêcher que celui-ci n’entre en contact avec la chambre à vide.
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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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Using “limiteur”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is L-I-M-I-T-E-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \li.mi.tœʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.