percolateur
\pɛʁ.kɔ.la.tœʁ\
The verdict
“percolateur” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - 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) - Appareil servant à la lixiviation de diverses substances, généralement des végétaux.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | percolateur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɛʁ.kɔ.la.tœʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “percolateur” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for percolateur is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pɛʁ.kɔ.la.tœʁ\. 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.
percolateur has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is percolateur, spelled P-E-R-C-O-L-A-T-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Appareil servant à la lixiviation de diverses substances, généralement des végétaux.
- 2Grand récipient muni d’une poignée, sur lequel est monté un filtre qui permet de préparer du café selon le processus de lixiviation, de l’eau très chaude à travers le café moulu, et utilisé pour une consommation de café en grande quantité.
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 “percolateur”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-E-R-C-O-L-A-T-E-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pɛʁ.kɔ.la.tœʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.