skieur

\ski.jœʁ\

/\ski.jœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“skieur” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,393. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,393
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui pratique le ski.

Corpus desk

Index FR-skieur · skieur · French

skieur · rank #24,393 · 8 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,393
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH situait

Nearest frequency peer: situait (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « skieur »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « skieur » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

skieur vs soeur
67% similar
skieur vs sueur
67% similar
skieur vs suceur
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for skieur
PropertyValue
Headwordskieur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ski.jœʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#24,393
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « skieur »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).skieurse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « situait » (#24,392), « soignés » (#24,394), « silences » (#24,391). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « skieur » est au #24,393. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around skieur (IPA \ski.jœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,393 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Personne qui pratique le ski.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for skieur, with forms such as "ksieur", "sikeur", and "skeiur". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "soeur", "sueur", "suceur", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is skieur, spelled S-K-I-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne qui pratique le ski.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Grâce au planter du bâton, le skieur peut tourner skis parallèles ou s’arrêter.
  2. Le P’tit Caribou s'est forgé une réputation enviable en matière d’après-ski. Plutôt une boîte de nuit, c'est l'endroit où les skieurs se rendent lorsque la nuit tombe sur Tremblant.

This word in other languages

skier(English)esquiador(Español)Skifahrer(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ksieur
  • sikeur
  • skeiur
  • skieru
  • skieurr
  • skiuer
  • skkieur
  • sskieur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of skieur - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ksieur2sikeur2skeiur2skieru2skieurr1skiuer2skkieur1sskieur1
Edit distance from "skieur"

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 "skieur"?
"skieur" is spelled S-K-I-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ski.jœʁ\.
What does "skieur" mean?
As a noun, "skieur" means: Personne qui pratique le ski.
What words are commonly confused with "skieur"?
"skieur" is commonly confused with "soeur", "sueur", "suceur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "skieur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "skieur" is \ski.jœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "skieur" come from?
"skieur" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

steaks#24,400subite#24,402summum#24,404régies#24,380

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Vauban8 variantsquittée8 variantsvécus8 variantségérie8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list