stoppeur
\stɔ.pœʁ\
The verdict
“stoppeur” is uncommon French (frequency #54,926 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,926
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui fait le stoppage.
Corpus desk
Index FR-stoppeur · stoppeur · French
stoppeur · rank #54,926 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,926
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH stiller
Nearest frequency peer: stiller (-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 « stoppeur »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- sponsoriser
sponsoriser
45,079 corpus weight
- SRU
SRU
45,078 corpus weight
- stiller
stiller
45,076 corpus weight
- stoppeur
stoppeur
45,075 corpus weight
- stratosphère
stratosphère
45,074 corpus weight
- stérilisé
stérilisé
45,072 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « stoppeur » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stoppeur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \stɔ.pœʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #54,926 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « stoppeur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
stoppeur is uncommon French at frequency #54,926 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \stɔ.pœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for stoppeur, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is stoppeur, spelled S-T-O-P-P-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Celui qui fait le stoppage.
- 2Lanceur de relève qui entre en jeu en fin de match pour maintenir l’avantage de son équipe.
- 3Machine possédant une mâchoire destinée à bloquer les câble-chaîne, on dit aussi stopper.
- 4Autostoppeur
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how stoppeur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les Astros ont offert un contrat d'un an, d'une valeur de 8 millions au joueur d'arrêt-court Carlos Correa et un contrat de 10 millions au stoppeur Roberto Osuna.
En outre , un stoppeur de chaîne ou une saisine de câble devrait être installé entre le guindeau et l'écubier ou dispositif semblable pour chaque chaîne d'ancre ou câble d'ancre , qui puisse retenir le navire à l'ancre.
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.
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