tireur d’élite
\ti.ʁœʁ de.lit\
The verdict
“tireur d’élite” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne équipée d'un fusil à lunette pouvant tirer avec précision sur de très longues distances (un kilomètre ou plus).
Corpus desk
Index FR-tireur-d-elite · tireur d’élite · French
tireur d’élite · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | tireur d’élite |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ti.ʁœʁ de.lit\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
tireur d’élite is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ti.ʁœʁ de.lit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne équipée d'un fusil à lunette pouvant tirer avec précision sur de très longues distances (un kilomètre ou plus).".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tireur d’élite, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is tireur d’élite, spelled T-I-R-E-U-R- -D-’-É-L-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Personne équipée d'un fusil à lunette pouvant tirer avec précision sur de très longues distances (un kilomètre ou plus).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tireur d’élite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Leurs tireurs d’élite détiennent trois des cinq records mondiaux de distance de tir létal.
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