pulvérisateur

\pyl.ve.ʁi.za.tœʁ\

/\pyl.ve.ʁi.za.tœʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“pulvérisateur” is uncommon French (frequency #73,473 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,473
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui pulvérise, qui réduit en morceaux, en particules, en gouttelettes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pulverisateur · pulvérisateur · French

pulvérisateur · rank #73,473 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,473
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pudiques

Nearest frequency peer: pudiques (-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 « pulvérisateur »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « pulvérisateur » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pulvérisateur
PropertyValue
Headwordpulvérisateur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pyl.ve.ʁi.za.tœʁ\
Letters13
Frequency rank#73,473
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « pulvérisateur » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.pulvérisateurtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « pudiques » (#73,472), « pénétrait » (#73,474), « psychiatry » (#73,471). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pulvérisateur » est au #73,473. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pulvérisateur is uncommon French at frequency #73,473 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pyl.ve.ʁi.za.tœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for pulvérisateur in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is pulvérisateur, spelled P-U-L-V-É-R-I-S-A-T-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui pulvérise, qui réduit en morceaux, en particules, en gouttelettes.
  2. 2
    Qui permet la pulvérisation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Médicament dosé dans un flacon pulvérisateur.
  2. Les foyers des machines sont alimentés, à l’aide d’un appareil pulvérisateur, par les résidus qui proviennent de la distillation de ce naphte que Bakou et Derbent fournissent d’une façon inépuisable.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pulvérisateur"?
"pulvérisateur" is spelled P-U-L-V-É-R-I-S-A-T-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pyl.ve.ʁi.za.tœʁ\.
What does "pulvérisateur" mean?
As an adjective, "pulvérisateur" means: Qui pulvérise, qui réduit en morceaux, en particules, en gouttelettes.
How do you pronounce "pulvérisateur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pulvérisateur" is \pyl.ve.ʁi.za.tœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pulvérisateur", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list