rabatteur
\ʁa.ba.tœʁ\
The verdict
“rabatteur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Celui qui rabat le gibier.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rabatteur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁa.ba.tœʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rabatteur” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
rabatteur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁa.ba.tœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for rabatteur in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is rabatteur, spelled R-A-B-A-T-T-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Celui qui rabat le gibier.
- 2Celui qui se charge d’amener, par divers moyens de propagande, des clients à une entreprise financière, des adhérents à un parti, des recrues à une armée, etc.
- 3Celui qui se charge d’amener, par divers moyens de propagande, des clients à une entreprise financière, des adhérents à un parti, des recrues à une armée, etc.
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.
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Using “rabatteur”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-A-B-A-T-T-E-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁa.ba.tœʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.