pastoresse
\pas.tɔ.ʁɛs\
The verdict
“pastoresse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Femme qui a la fonction de ministre du culte dans la religion protestante.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pastoresse · pastoresse · French
pastoresse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | pastoresse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pas.tɔ.ʁɛs\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
pastoresse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pas.tɔ.ʁɛs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for pastoresse, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is pastoresse, spelled P-A-S-T-O-R-E-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Femme qui a la fonction de ministre du culte dans la religion protestante.
- 2Épouse d’un pasteur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pastoresse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous avons donné le portrait de la première femme-avocate, à Genève ; il sied d’y ajouter celui de la première femme-pasteur en Angleterre. Le pasteur actuel (ou la pastoresse) de l’Église de Leicester est Mˡˡᵉ Gertrude von Petzold.
Et si Marie et Joseph cherchaient refuge aux États-Unis aujourd’hui, quel accueil recevraient-ils ? C’est la question que s’est posée cette Pastoresse de l’église californienne Claremont United Methodist Church, à une cinquantaine de kilomètres de Los Angeles.
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.