numérateur

\ny.me.ʁa.tœʁ\

/\ny.me.ʁa.tœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“numérateur” is uncommon French (frequency #89,975 among 86,328 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,975
frequency rank, French
86,328
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Premier terme d’une fraction, écrit au-dessus du trait de fraction ou avant son trait oblique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-numerateur · numérateur · French

numérateur · rank #89,975 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,975
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 86,328
  • PHOTO-FINISH Novossibirsk

Nearest frequency peer: Novossibirsk (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “numérateur”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “numérateur” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for numérateur
PropertyValue
Headwordnumérateur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ny.me.ʁa.tœʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#89,975
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “numérateur” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). numérateur lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

numérateur is uncommon French at frequency #89,975 among 86,328 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ny.me.ʁa.tœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Premier terme d’une fraction, écrit au-dessus du trait de fraction ou avant son trait oblique.".

Zero misspellings are on record for numérateur in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is numérateur, spelled N-U-M-É-R-A-T-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Premier terme d’une fraction, écrit au-dessus du trait de fraction ou avant son trait oblique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. 3 est le numérateur de la fraction ,{3/{4

Synonyms

dividende

Antonyms

dénominateur

This word in other languages

numerator(English)Zähler(Deutsch)

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "numérateur"?
"numérateur" is spelled N-U-M-É-R-A-T-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ny.me.ʁa.tœʁ\.
What does "numérateur" mean?
As a noun, "numérateur" means: Premier terme d’une fraction, écrit au-dessus du trait de fraction ou avant son trait oblique.
How do you pronounce "numérateur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "numérateur" is \ny.me.ʁa.tœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "numérateur" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

obtiendrai#89,980Nibelungen#89,969méthionine#89,957palmeraies#89,999
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list