questionneur
\kɛs.tjɔ.nœʁ\
The verdict
“questionneur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui questionne, qui interroge.
Corpus desk
Index FR-questionneur · questionneur · French
questionneur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Q" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | questionneur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kɛs.tjɔ.nœʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « questionneur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
questionneur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kɛs.tjɔ.nœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui questionne, qui interroge.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for questionneur in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is questionneur, spelled Q-U-E-S-T-I-O-N-N-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Qui questionne, qui interroge.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how questionneur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Évidemment il y avait là quelque chose de significatif. Mais quoi ? Il était peu questionneur, il ne voulut pas l’interroger.
Des prostituées pirouettaient à des coins de rue, avec de pauvres jupes et des yeux questionneurs : il ne les regardait même pas.
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.