pasteuriser
\pas.tœ.ʁi.ze\
The verdict
“pasteuriser” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Traiter divers liquides par les procédés pasteuriens pour détruire les microbes nocifs qu’ils contiennent.
| 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) |
Where “pasteuriser” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for pasteuriser is 11 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pas.tœ.ʁi.ze\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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Using “pasteuriser”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-A-S-T-E-U-R-I-S-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pas.tœ.ʁi.ze\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.