tireuse

\ti.ʁøz\

/\ti.ʁøz\/ noun

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The verdict

“tireuse” is uncommon French (frequency #60,433 among 164,488 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,433
frequency rank, French
164,488
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Celle qui tire.

Key facts for tireuse
PropertyValue
Headwordtireuse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ti.ʁøz\
Letters7
Frequency rank#60,433
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “tireuse” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). tireuse lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tireuse is uncommon French at frequency #60,433 among 164,488 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ti.ʁøz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tireuse, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is tireuse, spelled T-I-R-E-U-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celle qui tire.
  2. 2
    Celle qui tire à l’aide d’une arme à feu.
  3. 3
    Sportive qui pratique le tir avec une arme à feu.
  4. 4
    Sportive qui tire au but.
  5. 5
    Celle qui sait tirer, qui s’exerce au maniement des armes (épée, fleuret, sabre).
  6. 6
    Sportive qui tire sur l’aviron, rameuse.
  7. 7
    Celle qui tire un chèque, une lettre de change.
  8. 8
    Ouvrière dont le métier est de tirer les métaux précieux comme l’or ou l’argent en fils déliés.
  9. 9
    Celle qui effectue un tirage photographique.
  10. 10
    Sorte d’appareil pour effectuer le soutirage des liquides.
  11. 11
    Sorte d’appareil pour dupliquer des films à partir d’un original.
  12. 12
    Imprimante (années 1950-1960).

Synonyms

remplisseusesoutireuse

This word in other languages

shooter(English)tiradora(Español)Schützin(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tireuse"?
"tireuse" is spelled T-I-R-E-U-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ti.ʁøz\.
What does "tireuse" mean?
As a noun, "tireuse" means: Celle qui tire.
How do you pronounce "tireuse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tireuse" is \ti.ʁøz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tireuse" come from?
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Using “tireuse”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is T-I-R-E-U-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ti.ʁøz\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list