skateur
\skɛ.tœʁ\
The verdict
“skateur” is uncommon French (frequency #72,746 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,746
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne pratiquant le skateboard ou skate.
Corpus desk
Index FR-skateur · skateur · French
skateur · rank #72,746 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,746
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH Sirois
Nearest frequency peer: Sirois (-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 « skateur »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Sihanouk
Sihanouk
27,259 corpus weight
- Simca
Simca
27,258 corpus weight
- simulés
simulés
27,257 corpus weight
- Sirois
Sirois
27,256 corpus weight
- skateur
skateur
27,255 corpus weight
- souks
souks
27,252 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « skateur » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | skateur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \skɛ.tœʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #72,746 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « skateur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
skateur is uncommon French at frequency #72,746 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \skɛ.tœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne pratiquant le skateboard ou skate.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for skateur in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is skateur, spelled S-K-A-T-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Personne pratiquant le skateboard ou skate.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how skateur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il s’en fallut d’ailleurs de peu pour qu’il réussisse, mais les roues arrière de sa planche accrochèrent le bord du trottoir et il chuta juste derrière l’Audi noire garée dans l’allée de Richie Stella. La planche poursuivit sa route de l’autre côté de la voiture, mais pas le skateur.
J'ai dépassé la place de la République (ainsi composée en journée : 70 % de skateurs à peine pubères, 20 % de blédards, 8 % d'employés de bureau un sandwich à la main, 2 % de vieux homos venus regarder les skateurs et les blédards), et je me suis retrouvé rue Blondel.
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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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