pleuvioter
\plø.vjɔ.te\
The verdict
“pleuvioter” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Pleuvoir faiblement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pleuvioter · pleuvioter · French
pleuvioter · 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pleuvioter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \plø.vjɔ.te\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pleuvioter » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pleuvioter is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \plø.vjɔ.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pleuvoir faiblement.".
pleuvioter has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is pleuvioter, spelled P-L-E-U-V-I-O-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Pleuvoir faiblement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pleuvioter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il commença à pleuvioter au moment où Don et Eva se mirent en quête d'un taxi qui les raccompagnerait à la Grand-Place. Quand la voiture freina sur les mares d'eau de la place, les gouttes éparses s’étaient muées en pluie torrentielle.
Il pleuviota ainsi par intermittence jusque dans l'après-midi. Le vent soufflait légèrement et malgré la pluie la mer était tranquille.
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.