locataire

\lɔ.ka.tɛʁ\

/\lɔ.ka.tɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“locataire” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,457. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,457
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui, celle qui occupe une maison ou une partie de maison à loyer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-locataire · locataire · French

locataire · rank #7,457 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,457
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH lions

Nearest frequency peer: lions (-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 « locataire »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « locataire » 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).

locataire vs locative
78% similar
locataire vs locataires
90% similar

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

Key facts for locataire
PropertyValue
Headwordlocataire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\lɔ.ka.tɛʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#7,457
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « locataire »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).locatairese 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 « lions » (#7,456), « logistique » (#7,458), « Kelly » (#7,455). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « locataire » est au #7,457. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around locataire (IPA \lɔ.ka.tɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,457 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 locataire, with forms such as "lcoataire", "llocataire", and "loactaire". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "locative", "locataires", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is locataire, spelled L-O-C-A-T-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui, celle qui occupe une maison ou une partie de maison à loyer.
  2. 2
    Celui ou celle qui prend à bail, à fermage, etc., une activité économique, agricole ou commerciale.
  3. 3
    Nom donné à un insecte parfois envahissant le Lepinotus reticulatus anciennement Clothilla inquilina.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Voilà bien ma maison, elle est bien à moi, j’en paie les impositions et j’ai un locataire qui ne paie pas son loyer, on a beau dire mais on est bien malheureux d’être propriétaire.
  2. Son propriétaire, Ferréol Tournier, l’avait, sans façons aucunes, prévenu qu’il en avait assez d’un locataire aussi mauvaise langue que lui et qu’il eût à songer à prendre ses cliques et ses claques pour le 25 mars prochain.

This word in other languages

renter(English)arrendatario(Español)Mieter(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lcoataire
  • llocataire
  • loactaire
  • locaatire
  • locataier
  • locatairre
  • locatarie
  • locatiare
  • locattaire
  • loccataire
  • loctaaire
  • olcataire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of locataire - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

lcoataire2llocataire1loactaire2locaatire2locataier2locatairre1locatarie2locatiare2
Edit distance from "locataire"

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 "locataire"?
"locataire" is spelled L-O-C-A-T-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \lɔ.ka.tɛʁ\.
What does "locataire" mean?
As a noun, "locataire" means: Celui, celle qui occupe une maison ou une partie de maison à loyer.
What words are commonly confused with "locataire"?
"locataire" is commonly confused with "locative", "locataires". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "locataire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "locataire" is \lɔ.ka.tɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "locataire" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

intimité12 variantspardonner12 variantsporteurs12 variantsdélicate12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list