sableuse

\sa.bløz\

/\sa.bløz\/ noun

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The verdict

“sableuse” is uncommon French (frequency #62,609 among 394,209 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,609
frequency rank, French
394,209
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Appareil qui, grâce à un compresseur d’air, projette du sable afin de nettoyer et décaper des pièces métalliques, des façades, etc.

Key facts for sableuse
PropertyValue
Headwordsableuse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sa.bløz\
Letters8
Frequency rank#62,609
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sableuse” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). sableuse lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sableuse is uncommon French at frequency #62,609 among 394,209 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sa.bløz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for sableuse in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is sableuse, spelled S-A-B-L-E-U-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Appareil qui, grâce à un compresseur d’air, projette du sable afin de nettoyer et décaper des pièces métalliques, des façades, etc.
  2. 2
    Engin qui répand du sable sur les routes enneigées, ou verglacées.
  3. 3
    Celle qui pratique le sablage.
  4. 4
    Celle qui fait des moules en sable dans les fonderies.
  5. 5
    Celle qui sable un verre de vin ou de champagne.

This word in other languages

sandblaster(English)Sandstrahler(Deutsch)

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 "sableuse"?
"sableuse" is spelled S-A-B-L-E-U-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sa.bløz\.
What does "sableuse" mean?
As a noun, "sableuse" means: Appareil qui, grâce à un compresseur d’air, projette du sable afin de nettoyer et décaper des pièces métalliques, des façades, etc.
How do you pronounce "sableuse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sableuse" is \sa.bløz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sableuse" come from?
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Using “sableuse”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is S-A-B-L-E-U-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \sa.bløz\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list