syntoniseur
\sɛ̃.to.ni.zœʁ\
The verdict
“syntoniseur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Appareil électronique capable de convertir un signal radiofréquence reçu par une antenne en un signal audiofréquence de faible puissance.
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Index FR-syntoniseur · syntoniseur · French
syntoniseur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | syntoniseur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɛ̃.to.ni.zœʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
syntoniseur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɛ̃.to.ni.zœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Appareil électronique capable de convertir un signal radiofréquence reçu par une antenne en un signal audiofréquence de faible puissance.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for syntoniseur, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is syntoniseur, spelled S-Y-N-T-O-N-I-S-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Appareil électronique capable de convertir un signal radiofréquence reçu par une antenne en un signal audiofréquence de faible puissance.
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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.