loucheur

adj

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The verdict

“loucheur” is uncommon French (frequency #99,304 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,304
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui louche.

Corpus desk

Index FR-loucheur · loucheur · French

loucheur · rank #99,304 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,304
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH Loiselle

Nearest frequency peer: Loiselle (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « loucheur »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « loucheur » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for loucheur
PropertyValue
Headwordloucheur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Frequency rank#99,304
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « loucheur » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.loucheurtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Loiselle » (#99,303), « louder » (#99,305), « Locronan » (#99,301). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « loucheur » est au #99,304. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

loucheur is uncommon French at frequency #99,304 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui louche.".

Zero misspellings are on record for loucheur in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is loucheur, spelled L-O-U-C-H-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui louche.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. C’était une demoiselle toute jeune, pas très grande, pas très jolie non plus, avec une figure pâlotte et des yeux loucheurs.
  2. Saha était une Tsigane loucheuse, une virago insolente, qui buvait avec quiconque pouvait payer, mais ne se soûlait jamais.

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 "loucheur"?
"loucheur" is spelled L-O-U-C-H-E-U-R.
What does "loucheur" mean?
As an adjective, "loucheur" means: Qui louche.
What language does "loucheur" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Loiselle#99,303Locronan#99,301Laâyoune#99,281Langeron#99,276

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list