racloir

\ʁak.lwaʁ\

/\ʁak.lwaʁ\/ noun

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.

Key facts for racloir
PropertyValue
Headwordracloir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁak.lwaʁ\
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « racloir » en français

racloirn'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Instrument destiné à racler quelque chose.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how racloir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Racloir dont on racle un tonneau.
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "racloir"?
"racloir" is spelled R-A-C-L-O-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁak.lwaʁ\.
What does "racloir" mean?
As a noun, "racloir" means: Instrument destiné à racler quelque chose.
How do you pronounce "racloir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "racloir" is \ʁak.lwaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "racloir" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list