semoir
\sə.mwaʁ\
The verdict
“semoir” is uncommon French (frequency #91,165 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,165
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de sac ou de caisse que le semeur portait sur le ventre, dans lequel il puisait le grain pour le semer à la volée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-semoir · semoir · French
semoir · rank #91,165 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,165
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH semeurs
Nearest frequency peer: semeurs (-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 « semoir »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- semana
semana
8,838 corpus weight
- semeurs
semeurs
8,837 corpus weight
- semoir
semoir
8,836 corpus weight
- Septimanie
Septimanie
8,834 corpus weight
- seroit
seroit
8,833 corpus weight
- serpentent
serpentent
8,832 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « semoir » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | semoir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sə.mwaʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #91,165 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « semoir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
semoir is uncommon French at frequency #91,165 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sə.mwaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
semoir doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 semoir, spelled S-E-M-O-I-R.
Definition
- 1Sorte de sac ou de caisse que le semeur portait sur le ventre, dans lequel il puisait le grain pour le semer à la volée.
- 2Machine qui sert à semer les graines en ligne.
- 3Épandeur pour les engrais.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how semoir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Jean, ce matin-là, un semoir de toile bleue noué sur le ventre, en tenait la poche ouverte de la main gauche, et de la droite, tous les trois pas, il y prenait une poignée de blé, que d’un geste, à la volée, il jetait.
Attelés chacun de quatre chevaux de front, les trois semoirs de Grant, de Campbell et de Mac Pherson enfouissaient dans la terre bien ameublie le précieux grain de blé…
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.
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