racloir
\ʁak.lwaʁ\
The verdict
“racloir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instrument destiné à racler quelque chose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-racloir · racloir · French
racloir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | racloir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁak.lwaʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « racloir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
racloir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁak.lwaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Instrument destiné à racler quelque chose.".
racloir has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is racloir, spelled R-A-C-L-O-I-R.
Definition
- 1Instrument destiné à racler quelque chose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how racloir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Racloir dont on racle un tonneau.
Racloir pour racler du parchemin.
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.