shocker
\ʃɔ.kœʁ\
The verdict
“shocker” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arme de poing produisant des impulsions électriques — théoriquement non-létales — qui peuvent neutraliser une personne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-shocker · shocker · French
shocker · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | shocker |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃɔ.kœʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
shocker is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃɔ.kœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Arme de poing produisant des impulsions électriques — théoriquement non-létales — qui peuvent neutraliser une personne.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for shocker, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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 is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is shocker, spelled S-H-O-C-K-E-R.
Definition
- 1Arme de poing produisant des impulsions électriques — théoriquement non-létales — qui peuvent neutraliser une personne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how shocker appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
−Je l'ai ! −Qu'est-ce que c'est ? −C'est un taser, un shocker électrique si tu préfères .
- [...) Benoît m’a offert un shocker, mais j'ai oublié quand on pouvait s'en servir légalement, ses explications s'éternisaient et ça m'a vite ennuyée ... − Quand on défend sa peau, ça doit être légal, risqua Juliette.
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.