refroidisseur

\ʁə.fʁwa.di.sœʁ\

/\ʁə.fʁwa.di.sœʁ\/ adj

The verdict

“refroidisseur” is uncommon French (frequency #76,073 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,073
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui refroidit.

Corpus desk

Index FR-refroidisseur · refroidisseur · French

refroidisseur · rank #76,073 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,073
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH regardèrent

Nearest frequency peer: regardèrent (+1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « refroidisseur »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « refroidisseur » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for refroidisseur
PropertyValue
Headwordrefroidisseur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁə.fʁwa.di.sœʁ\
Letters13
Frequency rank#76,073
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « refroidisseur » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).refroidisseurtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « regardèrent » (#76,074), « refermées » (#76,071), « registration » (#76,075). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « refroidisseur » est au #76,073. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

refroidisseur is uncommon French at frequency #76,073 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʁə.fʁwa.di.sœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui refroidit.".

refroidisseur doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is refroidisseur, spelled R-E-F-R-O-I-D-I-S-S-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui refroidit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Des cuves refroidisseuses.
  2. Liquide refroidisseur.

Synonyms

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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "refroidisseur"?
"refroidisseur" is spelled R-E-F-R-O-I-D-I-S-S-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.fʁwa.di.sœʁ\.
What does "refroidisseur" mean?
As an adjective, "refroidisseur" means: Qui refroidit.
How do you pronounce "refroidisseur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "refroidisseur" is \ʁə.fʁwa.di.sœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "refroidisseur" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "refroidisseur", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list