scieur
\sjœʁ\
The verdict
“scieur” 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 dont le métier est de scier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-scieur · scieur · French
scieur · 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 "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 | scieur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sjœʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « scieur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
scieur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sjœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Celui dont le métier est de scier.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for scieur, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is scieur, spelled S-C-I-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Celui dont le métier est de scier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how scieur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le scieur gueule comme un putois.
J’allai de ce pas chez un marchand de bois, et j’envoyai une demi-voie de bois en priant le charretier et les scieurs de donner à la petite femme une facture acquittée au nom du citoyen Mongenod.
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.