procrastinateur

\pʁɔ.kʁas.ti.na.tœʁ\

/\pʁɔ.kʁas.ti.na.tœʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“procrastinateur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui remet toujours au lendemain le travail, l'action qu’elle a à faire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-procrastinateur · procrastinateur · French

procrastinateur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-6 6 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 procrastinateur
PropertyValue
Headwordprocrastinateur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁɔ.kʁas.ti.na.tœʁ\
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « procrastinateur » en français

procrastinateursiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

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

Rare enough to double-check

procrastinateur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pʁɔ.kʁas.ti.na.tœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne qui remet toujours au lendemain le travail, l'action qu’elle a à faire.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for procrastinateur in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

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 procrastinateur, spelled P-R-O-C-R-A-S-T-I-N-A-T-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne qui remet toujours au lendemain le travail, l'action qu’elle a à faire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Selon la théorie du conflit de décision (Janis et Mann,1977) le procrastinateur évite l’information pertinente susceptible de résoudre le problème afin de reporter la décision. Au fur et à mesure de l’avancée dans le conflit, le procrastinateur se déplace donc vers la position « Pas maintenant ». Il s’en suit un blocage. Le processus de décision est suspe…

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "procrastinateur"?
"procrastinateur" is spelled P-R-O-C-R-A-S-T-I-N-A-T-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔ.kʁas.ti.na.tœʁ\.
What does "procrastinateur" mean?
As a noun, "procrastinateur" means: Personne qui remet toujours au lendemain le travail, l'action qu’elle a à faire.
How do you pronounce "procrastinateur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "procrastinateur" is \pʁɔ.kʁas.ti.na.tœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "procrastinateur" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list