scanneur
\ska.nœʁ\
The verdict
“scanneur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Numériseur à balayage pouvant inclure un traitement de l’information numérisée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-scanneur · scanneur · French
scanneur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | scanneur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ska.nœʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « scanneur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
scanneur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ska.nœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for scanneur, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is scanneur, spelled S-C-A-N-N-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Numériseur à balayage pouvant inclure un traitement de l’information numérisée.
- 2Celui qui a de nombreux centres d’intérêts et compétences, mais n’en ayant aucune approfondie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how scanneur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cet Assistant vous aide à copier des images en provenance de votre appareil photo numérique, de votre scanneur ou d’un autre périphérique vers votre ordinateur, votre réseau ou sur le Web.
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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.