prescripteur
\pʁɛs.kʁip.tœʁ\
The verdict
“prescripteur” is uncommon French (frequency #76,913 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,913
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui prescrit.
Corpus desk
Index FR-prescripteur · prescripteur · French
prescripteur · rank #76,913 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,913
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH pourchassent
Nearest frequency peer: pourchassent (-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 « prescripteur »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Potemkine
Potemkine
23,091 corpus weight
- potée
potée
23,090 corpus weight
- pourchassent
pourchassent
23,089 corpus weight
- prescripteur
prescripteur
23,088 corpus weight
- pressoirs
pressoirs
23,087 corpus weight
- projectionn…
projectionniste
23,085 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « prescripteur » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prescripteur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pʁɛs.kʁip.tœʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #76,913 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « prescripteur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
prescripteur is uncommon French at frequency #76,913 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pʁɛs.kʁip.tœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui prescrit.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for prescripteur, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is prescripteur, spelled P-R-E-S-C-R-I-P-T-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Qui prescrit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how prescripteur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La jeune épouse du prince William est désormais prescriptrice en matière de mode et d'élégance.
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.
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