sorteur
\sɔʁ.tœʁ\
The verdict
“sorteur” 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) - Celui qui sort souvent, qui quitte souvent le logis.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sorteur · sorteur · French
sorteur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | sorteur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɔʁ.tœʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « sorteur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sorteur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɔʁ.tœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Celui qui sort souvent, qui quitte souvent le logis.".
sorteur doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is sorteur, spelled S-O-R-T-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Celui qui sort souvent, qui quitte souvent le logis.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sorteur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le sorteur appartient à la race noble qui ne compte pas ses heures de sommeil.
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.