roturier

\ʁɔ.ty.ʁje\

/\ʁɔ.ty.ʁje\/ adj

The verdict

“roturier” is uncommon French (frequency #64,056 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,056
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui n’est ni noble, ni ecclésiastique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-roturier · roturier · French

roturier · rank #64,056 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,056
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rotatives

Nearest frequency peer: rotatives (-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 « roturier »

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 « roturier » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for roturier
PropertyValue
Headwordroturier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁɔ.ty.ʁje\
Letters8
Frequency rank#64,056
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « roturier » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).roturiertombe 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: « rotatives » (#64,055), « roturiers » (#64,057), « rougeâtres » (#64,058). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « roturier » est au #64,056. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

roturier is uncommon French at frequency #64,056 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʁɔ.ty.ʁje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

roturier doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is roturier, spelled R-O-T-U-R-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui n’est ni noble, ni ecclésiastique.
  2. 2
    Qui tient du prolétaire, du paysan, qui n’est pas noble, qui est grossier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ses parents, originaires de Marnoz, village situé à une lieue de Salins, appartenaient à l'une des plus vieilles familles roturières du pays.
  2. Cet homme a l’air roturier, la mine roturière, les manières roturières.

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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 "roturier"?
"roturier" is spelled R-O-T-U-R-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɔ.ty.ʁje\.
What does "roturier" mean?
As an adjective, "roturier" means: Qui n’est ni noble, ni ecclésiastique.
How do you pronounce "roturier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "roturier" is \ʁɔ.ty.ʁje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list