picador
\pi.ka.dɔʁ\
The verdict
“picador” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cavalier qui dans les combats de taureaux attaque l’animal avec la pique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-picador · picador · French
picador · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | picador |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pi.ka.dɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « picador » en français
Rare enough to double-check
picador is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pi.ka.dɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cavalier qui dans les combats de taureaux attaque l’animal avec la pique.".
Zero misspellings are on record for picador in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is picador, spelled P-I-C-A-D-O-R.
Definition
- 1Cavalier qui dans les combats de taureaux attaque l’animal avec la pique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how picador appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il y a deux classes principales de toreros : les picadors, qui combattent à cheval, armés d’une lance ; et les chulos, à pied, qui harcèlent le taureau en agitant des draperies de couleurs brillantes. Parmi ces derniers sont les banderilleros et les matadors, dont je vous parlerai bientôt.
Onuphrius, décontenancé, promenait autour de lui des regards mornes et effarés comme un taureau sauvage que le picador vient de lancer dans le cirque.
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.