sorteur

\sɔʁ.tœʁ\

/\sɔʁ.tœʁ\/ noun

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.

Key facts for sorteur
PropertyValue
Headwordsorteur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɔʁ.tœʁ\
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « sorteur » en français

sorteurreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Celui qui sort souvent, qui quitte souvent le logis.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sorteur"?
"sorteur" is spelled S-O-R-T-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \sɔʁ.tœʁ\.
What does "sorteur" mean?
As a noun, "sorteur" means: Celui qui sort souvent, qui quitte souvent le logis.
How do you pronounce "sorteur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sorteur" is \sɔʁ.tœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sorteur" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list