ravaudeur
\ʁa.vo.dœʁ\
The verdict
“ravaudeur” 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 ou celle dont le métier est de raccommoder des bas, de vieux habits.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ravaudeur · ravaudeur · French
ravaudeur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | ravaudeur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁa.vo.dœʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
ravaudeur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁa.vo.dœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for ravaudeur in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is ravaudeur, spelled R-A-V-A-U-D-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Celui ou celle dont le métier est de raccommoder des bas, de vieux habits.
- 2Celui qui tente de réparer de bric et de broc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ravaudeur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tiens ! c’est le fils du couvreur Jacob, de la vieille ravaudeuse Marie-Anne ou du tonnelier Franz Sépel ! Il a fait son chemin… .
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.