rat d’or
\ʁa d‿oʁ\
The verdict
“rat d’or” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Surnom donné au muscardin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rat-d-or · rat d’or · French
rat d’or · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | rat d’or |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁa d‿oʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « rat d’or » en français
Rare enough to double-check
rat d’or is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁa d‿oʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Surnom donné au muscardin.".
rat d’or has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is rat d’or, spelled R-A-T- -D-’-O-R.
Definition
- 1Surnom donné au muscardin.
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.