torero
\to.ʁe.ʁo\
The verdict
“torero” is uncommon French (frequency #61,188 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,188
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui affronte le taureau lors d'une corrida, qu'il soit matador ou membre de la cuadrilla.
Corpus desk
Index FR-torero · torero · French
torero · rank #61,188 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,188
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH TomTom
Nearest frequency peer: TomTom (-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 « torero »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- tirais
tirais
38,817 corpus weight
- TMS
TMS
38,816 corpus weight
- TomTom
TomTom
38,814 corpus weight
- torero
torero
38,813 corpus weight
- tortillas
tortillas
38,812 corpus weight
- Tournaire
Tournaire
38,809 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « torero » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | torero |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \to.ʁe.ʁo\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #61,188 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « torero » en français
Rare enough to double-check
torero is uncommon French at frequency #61,188 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \to.ʁe.ʁo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Celui qui affronte le taureau lors d'une corrida, qu'il soit matador ou membre de la cuadrilla.".
Zero misspellings are on record for torero in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 torero, spelled T-O-R-E-R-O.
Definition
- 1Celui qui affronte le taureau lors d'une corrida, qu'il soit matador ou membre de la cuadrilla.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how torero appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On n’emploie guère en Espagne le mot matador pour désigner celui qui tue le taureau, on l’appelle espada (épée), ce qui est plus noble et a plus de caractère ; l’on ne dit pas non plus toreador, mais bien torero. Je donne, en passant, cet utile renseignement à ceux qui font de la couleur locale dans les romances et dans les opéras-comiques.
Il n’est jusqu’à la coleta, petit chignon (aujourd’hui postiche) que les toreros portent comme signe de leur profession, qui ne rappelle la tonsure des prêtres.
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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