raton laveur
\ʁa.tɔ̃ la.vœʁ\
The verdict
“raton laveur” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mammifère originaire d’Amérique du Nord qui a une fourrure poivre et sel, des yeux entourés d’un masque noir bordé de blanc et une queue rayée de blanc et de noir. Son nom taxinomique est Procyon l...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | raton laveur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁa.tɔ̃ la.vœʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “raton laveur” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for raton laveur is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁa.tɔ̃ la.vœʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Mammifère originaire d’Amérique du Nord qui a une fourrure poivre et sel, des yeux entourés d’un masque noir bordé de blanc et une queue rayée de blanc et de noir. Son nom taxinomique est Procyon l...".
No misspelling variants are generated for raton laveur in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is raton laveur, spelled R-A-T-O-N- -L-A-V-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Mammifère originaire d’Amérique du Nord qui a une fourrure poivre et sel, des yeux entourés d’un masque noir bordé de blanc et une queue rayée de blanc et de noir. Son nom taxinomique est Procyon lotor.
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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 “raton laveur”
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- The one correct French spelling is R-A-T-O-N- -L-A-V-E-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁa.tɔ̃ la.vœʁ\ (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.