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 September 3, 2026) - Celui qui rabat le gibier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rabatteur · rabatteur · French
rabatteur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | rabatteur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁa.ba.tœʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rabatteur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et moi je savais – mais par quelle connaissance ? – que le Noir qui avait été autrefois l’un des meilleurs rabatteurs de l’Afrique Orientale reprenait son ancien métier.
Il y a trente ans que je chasse, et je n’ai jamais vu d’aussi mauvais rabatteurs !…
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.