Ricœur
The verdict
“Ricœur” is uncommon French (frequency #68,620 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,620
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ric-ur · Ricœur · French
Ricœur · rank #68,620 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,620
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH Rhein
Nearest frequency peer: Rhein (-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 « Ricœur »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- retrancheme…
retranchement
31,384 corpus weight
- revêtant
revêtant
31,383 corpus weight
- Rhein
Rhein
31,382 corpus weight
- Ricœur
Ricœur
31,381 corpus weight
- Rigal
Rigal
31,380 corpus weight
- rizière
rizière
31,379 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Ricœur » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ricœur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #68,620 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Ricœur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Ricœur is uncommon French at frequency #68,620 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Ricœur doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Ricœur, spelled R-I-C-Œ-U-R.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Ricœur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Paul Ricœur.
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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