modulateur
\mɔ.dy.la.tœʁ\
The verdict
“modulateur” is uncommon French (frequency #85,028 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,028
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui module.
Corpus desk
Index FR-modulateur · modulateur · French
modulateur · rank #85,028 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,028
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH Modane
Nearest frequency peer: Modane (-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 « modulateur »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- mixés
mixés
14,976 corpus weight
- mnémonique
mnémonique
14,975 corpus weight
- Modane
Modane
14,974 corpus weight
- modulateur
modulateur
14,973 corpus weight
- molester
molester
14,972 corpus weight
- monarch
monarch
14,970 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « modulateur » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | modulateur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \mɔ.dy.la.tœʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #85,028 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « modulateur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
modulateur is uncommon French at frequency #85,028 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \mɔ.dy.la.tœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui module.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for modulateur, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is modulateur, spelled M-O-D-U-L-A-T-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Qui module.
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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