professeur des écoles

\pʁɔ.fe.sœʁ dɛ.z‿e.kɔl\

/\pʁɔ.fe.sœʁ dɛ.z‿e.kɔl\/ noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
21
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enseignant de l’école élémentaire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-professeur-des-ecoles · professeur des écoles · French

professeur des écoles · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 21 letters
  • VOW-8 8 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 professeur des écoles
PropertyValue
Headwordprofesseur des écoles
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁɔ.fe.sœʁ dɛ.z‿e.kɔl\
Letters21
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « professeur des écoles » en français

professeur des écolesreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

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

Rare enough to double-check

professeur des écoles is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pʁɔ.fe.sœʁ dɛ.z‿e.kɔl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Enseignant de l’école élémentaire.".

No misspelling variants are generated for professeur des écoles in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 professeur des écoles, spelled P-R-O-F-E-S-S-E-U-R- -D-E-S- -É-C-O-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Enseignant de l’école élémentaire.

Synonyms

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 "professeur des écoles"?
"professeur des écoles" is spelled P-R-O-F-E-S-S-E-U-R- -D-E-S- -É-C-O-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔ.fe.sœʁ dɛ.z‿e.kɔl\.
What does "professeur des écoles" mean?
As a noun, "professeur des écoles" means: Enseignant de l’école élémentaire.
How do you pronounce "professeur des écoles"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "professeur des écoles" is \pʁɔ.fe.sœʁ dɛ.z‿e.kɔl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "professeur des écoles" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list