témoin oculaire
\te.mwɛ̃ ɔ.ky.lɛʁ\
The verdict
“témoin oculaire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui a vu de ses propres yeux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-temoin-oculaire · témoin oculaire · French
témoin oculaire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | témoin oculaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \te.mwɛ̃ ɔ.ky.lɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
témoin oculaire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \te.mwɛ̃ ɔ.ky.lɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Celui qui a vu de ses propres yeux.".
No misspelling variants are generated for témoin oculaire in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 témoin oculaire, spelled T-É-M-O-I-N- -O-C-U-L-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Celui qui a vu de ses propres yeux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how témoin oculaire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ayant eu l’occasion, même avant de commencer nos études de Vétérinaire, d’assister à des foires et des marchés, nous avons pu être témoin oculaire d’une foule de ruses employées par les marchands, propriétaires ou maquignons.
Partout j'ai vérifié autant que possible les dires de mes témoins oculaires.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.