rimeur
\ʁi.mœʁ\
The verdict
“rimeur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui fait des vers, qui accouple des rimes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rimeur · rimeur · French
rimeur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | rimeur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁi.mœʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
rimeur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁi.mœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Celui qui fait des vers, qui accouple des rimes.".
Zero misspellings are on record for rimeur in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 rimeur, spelled R-I-M-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Celui qui fait des vers, qui accouple des rimes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rimeur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais le seul nom qui ait été sauvé de l'oubli, dans la poésie profane, est celui de ce médiocre rimeur de Mathieu-le-Juif, d'Arras, qui vivait au XIIIᵉ siècle […].
Ne demandiez-vous pas pourquoi, mademoiselle, Contre ce seul rimeur cent hommes furent mis? C'est parce qu'on savait qu'il est de mes amis!
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.