peintureur

\pɛ̃.ty.ʁœʁ\

/\pɛ̃.ty.ʁœʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“peintureur” 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) - Peintre en bâtiment.

Corpus desk

Index FR-peintureur · peintureur · French

peintureur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 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.

Key facts for peintureur
PropertyValue
Headwordpeintureur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɛ̃.ty.ʁœʁ\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « peintureur » en français

peintureurreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

peintureur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɛ̃.ty.ʁœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for peintureur, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is peintureur, spelled P-E-I-N-T-U-R-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Peintre en bâtiment.
  2. 2
    Celui qui peinture.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le mot peintureur est d’un usage nécessaire ; car il n’y a personne qui ayant eu à employer un ouvrier pour le peinturage de sa maison, n’ait été embarrassé de ne le pas confondre, en parlant de lui, avec l’artiste qui était chargé d’orner les murs ou les plafonds de ses ouvrages en peinture.
  2. À cet égard, lʼœuvre dʼun peintureur a les mêmes effets que celle dʼun peintre.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "peintureur"?
"peintureur" is spelled P-E-I-N-T-U-R-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛ̃.ty.ʁœʁ\.
What does "peintureur" mean?
As a noun, "peintureur" means: Peintre en bâtiment.
How do you pronounce "peintureur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "peintureur" is \pɛ̃.ty.ʁœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "peintureur" come from?
"peintureur" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list