slasher

\sla.ʃœʁ\

/\sla.ʃœʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“slasher” is uncommon French (frequency #86,189 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,189
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sous-genre de film d’horreur, où un tueur psychopathe élimine un à un les personnages.

Corpus desk

Index FR-slasher · slasher · French

slasher · rank #86,189 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,189
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH slope

Nearest frequency peer: slope (+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 « slasher »

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 « slasher » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for slasher
PropertyValue
Headwordslasher
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sla.ʃœʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#86,189
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « slasher » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).slashertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « slope » (#86,190), « Sinensis » (#86,187), « siglo » (#86,186). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « slasher » est au #86,189. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

slasher is uncommon French at frequency #86,189 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sla.ʃœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for slasher, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is slasher, spelled S-L-A-S-H-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sous-genre de film d’horreur, où un tueur psychopathe élimine un à un les personnages.
  2. 2
    Personne exerçant simultanément plusieurs activités professionnelles.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Premièrement le côté massacre est laissé de côté, il ne s’agit même pas d’un slasher car il n’y a que deux victimes dont une qui n’est même pas "slashée".
  2. Hommage aux grands noms du fantastique, tels qu’Ed Wood ou encore Lucio Fulci, Terrifier 2 offre une madeleine empoisonnée qui évoque à la fois les « slashers » des années 1980 (les mises en scène de meurtres d’un tueur psychopathe) et les délires d’Herschell Gordon Lewis (Orgie sanglante, 2000 Maniaques, The Wizard of Gore).

This word in other languages

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 "slasher"?
"slasher" is spelled S-L-A-S-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \sla.ʃœʁ\.
What does "slasher" mean?
As a noun, "slasher" means: Sous-genre de film d’horreur, où un tueur psychopathe élimine un à un les personnages.
How do you pronounce "slasher"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "slasher" is \sla.ʃœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list