querelleur
\kə.ʁɛ.lœʁ\
The verdict
“querelleur” is uncommon French (frequency #97,332 among 352 “Q” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,332
- frequency rank, French
- 352
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui aime chercher querelle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-querelleur · querelleur · French
querelleur · rank #97,332 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,332
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 352
- PHOTO-FINISH quenouilles
Nearest frequency peer: quenouilles (-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 « querelleur »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Queenstown
Queenstown
2,672 corpus weight
- queers
queers
2,671 corpus weight
- quenouilles
quenouilles
2,670 corpus weight
- querelleur
querelleur
2,669 corpus weight
- questi
questi
2,668 corpus weight
- rachitique
rachitique
2,667 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « querelleur » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | querelleur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kə.ʁɛ.lœʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #97,332 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « querelleur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
querelleur is uncommon French at frequency #97,332 among 352 “Q” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kə.ʁɛ.lœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui aime chercher querelle.".
Zero misspellings are on record for querelleur in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is querelleur, spelled Q-U-E-R-E-L-L-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Qui aime chercher querelle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how querelleur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ces indigènes étaient tous Bochjesmen, gens laborieux, peu irritables, peu querelleurs, capables de supporter de grandes fatigues physiques.
Tout comme Cormon, je suis moi aussi sous le charme de ce jeune garçon, dans lequel je me reconnais par le comportement insolent et querelleur.
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); 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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