pasteuriser
\pas.tœ.ʁi.ze\
The verdict
“pasteuriser” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Traiter divers liquides par les procédés pasteuriens pour détruire les microbes nocifs qu’ils contiennent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pasteuriser · pasteuriser · French
pasteuriser · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pasteuriser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pas.tœ.ʁi.ze\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pasteuriser » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pasteuriser is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pas.tœ.ʁi.ze\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pasteuriser, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pasteuriser, spelled P-A-S-T-E-U-R-I-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Traiter divers liquides par les procédés pasteuriens pour détruire les microbes nocifs qu’ils contiennent.
- 2Stériliser par chauffage pendant 15 secondes, à une température de 75°C, (65° selon d'autres auteurs) un lait qui pourra conserver jusqu'à 1 semaine au réfrigérateur.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.