peinturer

\pɛ̃.ty.ʁe\

/\pɛ̃.ty.ʁe\/ verb

The verdict

“peinturer” is uncommon French (frequency #85,117 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,117
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Peindre mal ou peindre maladroitement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-peinturer · peinturer · French

peinturer · rank #85,117 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,117
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pele

Nearest frequency peer: pele (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « peinturer »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « peinturer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for peinturer
PropertyValue
Headwordpeinturer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pɛ̃.ty.ʁe\
Letters9
Frequency rank#85,117
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « peinturer » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).peinturertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « pele » (#85,118), « pelées » (#85,119), « pectorale » (#85,114). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « peinturer » est au #85,117. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

peinturer is uncommon French at frequency #85,117 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \pɛ̃.ty.ʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

peinturer has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is peinturer, spelled P-E-I-N-T-U-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Peindre mal ou peindre maladroitement.
  2. 2
    Peindre (un mur ou un objet).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce sont les élèves qui font toutes les tâches, que ce soit couper, sabler ou peinturer la cabane.
  2. «Souvent les gens se demandent comment un peintre peut travailler continuellement sans s’écœurer. C’est que bien souvent, les personnes qui se posent cette question détestent peinturer car elles n’ont pas le bon équipement» […].

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "peinturer"?
"peinturer" is spelled P-E-I-N-T-U-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛ̃.ty.ʁe\.
What does "peinturer" mean?
As a verb, "peinturer" means: Peindre mal ou peindre maladroitement.
How do you pronounce "peinturer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "peinturer" is \pɛ̃.ty.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "peinturer" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list