respirateur
\ʁes.pi.ʁa.tœʁ\
The verdict
“respirateur” is uncommon French (frequency #54,222 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,222
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Appareil destiné à suppléer ou assister à la respiration en cas d’insuffisance respiratoire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-respirateur · respirateur · French
respirateur · rank #54,222 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,222
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH représenterai…
Nearest frequency peer: représenteraient (-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 « respirateur »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- replongé
replongé
45,782 corpus weight
- reprochera
reprochera
45,781 corpus weight
- représenter…
représenteraient
45,780 corpus weight
- respirateur
respirateur
45,779 corpus weight
- retors
retors
45,777 corpus weight
- retouchées
retouchées
45,776 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « respirateur » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | respirateur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁes.pi.ʁa.tœʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #54,222 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « respirateur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
respirateur is uncommon French at frequency #54,222 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁes.pi.ʁa.tœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Appareil destiné à suppléer ou assister à la respiration en cas d’insuffisance respiratoire.".
respirateur has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is respirateur, spelled R-E-S-P-I-R-A-T-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Appareil destiné à suppléer ou assister à la respiration en cas d’insuffisance respiratoire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how respirateur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
De son côté, le nombre de patients sous respirateur artificiel a augmenté de huit par rapport à la veille.
Un respirateur artificiel.
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.
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