mitrailleur

\mi.tʁa.jœʁ\

/\mi.tʁa.jœʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“mitrailleur” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,298. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,298
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui mitraille (ou qui est chargé de porter la mitrailleuse).

Corpus desk

Index FR-mitrailleur · mitrailleur · French

mitrailleur · rank #46,298 · 14 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,298
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mitoyen

Nearest frequency peer: mitoyen (-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 « mitrailleur »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « mitrailleur » 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).

mitrailleur vs mitrailleuse
83% similar
mitrailleur vs mitraille
82% similar

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

Key facts for mitrailleur
PropertyValue
Headwordmitrailleur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\mi.tʁa.jœʁ\
Letters11
Frequency rank#46,298
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mitrailleur »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).mitrailleurse 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 « mitoyen » (#46,297), « missel » (#46,296), « moldave » (#46,301). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mitrailleur » est au #46,298. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around mitrailleur (IPA \mi.tʁa.jœʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #46,298 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for mitrailleur, with forms such as "imtrailleur", "mirtailleur", and "mitarilleur". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "mitrailleuse", "mitraille", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is mitrailleur, spelled M-I-T-R-A-I-L-L-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui mitraille (ou qui est chargé de porter la mitrailleuse).
  2. 2
    Se dit d’une arme à feu qui peut tirer des projectiles par rafales sans que l’utilisateur n’ait besoin de relâcher la queue de détente.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Officier, soldat mitrailleur.

Synonyms

automatique

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imtrailleur
  • mirtailleur
  • mitarilleur
  • mitrailelur
  • mitraileur
  • mitrailleru
  • mitrailleurr
  • mitrailluer
  • mitralileur
  • mitrialleur
  • mitrrailleur
  • mittrailleur
  • mmitrailleur
  • mtirailleur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mitrailleur - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

imtrailleur2mirtailleur2mitarilleur2mitrailelur2mitraileur1mitrailleru2mitrailleurr1mitrailluer2
Edit distance from "mitrailleur"

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 "mitrailleur"?
"mitrailleur" is spelled M-I-T-R-A-I-L-L-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \mi.tʁa.jœʁ\.
What does "mitrailleur" mean?
As an adjective, "mitrailleur" means: Qui mitraille (ou qui est chargé de porter la mitrailleuse).
What words are commonly confused with "mitrailleur"?
"mitrailleur" is commonly confused with "mitrailleuse", "mitraille". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mitrailleur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mitrailleur" is \mi.tʁa.jœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mitrailleur" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mannequinat#46,284Nostradamus#46,321oxygénation#46,331partageront#46,337

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

Mansfield14 variantspardonnent14 variantspernicieux14 variantspleuraient14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list