sauteur

\so.tœʁ\

/\so.tœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“sauteur” is uncommon French (frequency #51,736 among 394,209 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,736
frequency rank, French
394,209
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Danseur de corde, dont la profession est de faire des sauts et des tours de force. Artiste de cirque, saltimbanque.

Key facts for sauteur
PropertyValue
Headwordsauteur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\so.tœʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#51,736
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sauteur” 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). sauteur lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sauteur is uncommon French at frequency #51,736 among 394,209 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \so.tœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for sauteur in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is sauteur, spelled S-A-U-T-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Danseur de corde, dont la profession est de faire des sauts et des tours de force. Artiste de cirque, saltimbanque.
  2. 2
    Cheval dressé à exécuter les différents sauts.
  3. 3
    Celui qui fait du saut à ski.
  4. 4
    Forniqueur ; homme ayant une forte activité sexuelle.
  5. 5
    Personne qui change d’opinion quand son intérêt le lui demande.
  6. 6
    Personne peu sérieuse, qui manque à ses engagements.

This word in other languages

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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 "sauteur"?
"sauteur" is spelled S-A-U-T-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \so.tœʁ\.
What does "sauteur" mean?
As a noun, "sauteur" means: Danseur de corde, dont la profession est de faire des sauts et des tours de force. Artiste de cirque, saltimbanque.
How do you pronounce "sauteur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sauteur" is \so.tœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sauteur" come from?
"sauteur" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “sauteur”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is S-A-U-T-E-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \so.tœʁ\ (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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list