peintresse
\pɛ̃.tʁɛs\
The verdict
“peintresse” 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 artiste utilisant la peinture pour son art.
Corpus desk
Index FR-peintresse · peintresse · French
peintresse · 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 | peintresse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɛ̃.tʁɛs\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
peintresse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɛ̃.tʁɛs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
peintresse has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is peintresse, spelled P-E-I-N-T-R-E-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Femme artiste utilisant la peinture pour son art.
- 2Artisane dont le métier est de couvrir de couleur des murailles, des lambris, des plafonds, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how peintresse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Parmi quelques desagrémens qu’il eut à essuyer dans cette ville, il eut encore le chagrin d’y perdre une femme chérie qui joignoit aux vertus de son sexe, la qualité de bonne peintresse en pastel.
On nous assure au dernier moment que pour sa traversée de Calais à Douvres Sarah Bernhardt sera tout simplement lancée d’une rive à l’autre au moyen d’une fusée porte-amarre, la sveltesse de la ravissante peintresse, sculpturesse, auteuresse, conférenciéresse, aérostiéresse, etcéteresse, s’adaptant parfaitement à ce genre de locomotion.
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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.