siffleur

\si.flœʁ\

/\si.flœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“siffleur” is uncommon French (frequency #95,332 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,332
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui siffle.

Corpus desk

Index FR-siffleur · siffleur · French

siffleur · rank #95,332 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,332
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH siennois

Nearest frequency peer: siennois (-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 « siffleur »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « siffleur » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for siffleur
PropertyValue
Headwordsiffleur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\si.flœʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#95,332
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « siffleur » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.siffleurtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « siennois » (#95,331), « Sikasso » (#95,333), « shrapnel » (#95,330). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « siffleur » est au #95,332. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

siffleur is uncommon French at frequency #95,332 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \si.flœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Celui qui siffle.".

siffleur doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is siffleur, spelled S-I-F-F-L-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui qui siffle.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how siffleur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les siffleurs du parterre.
  2. Le siffleur dit avoir le trac et demande à Danglard s’il sera dans la salle pour le soutenir.

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 "siffleur"?
"siffleur" is spelled S-I-F-F-L-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \si.flœʁ\.
What does "siffleur" mean?
As a noun, "siffleur" means: Celui qui siffle.
How do you pronounce "siffleur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "siffleur" is \si.flœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "siffleur" come from?
"siffleur" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "siffleur", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

siennois#95,331shrapnel#95,330snacking#95,338septimus#95,320

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list