toucheur
\tu.ʃœʁ\
The verdict
“toucheur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui touche.
Corpus desk
Index FR-toucheur · toucheur · French
toucheur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | toucheur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tu.ʃœʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « toucheur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
toucheur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tu.ʃœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
toucheur doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, 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, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 toucheur, spelled T-O-U-C-H-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Celui qui touche.
- 2Celui qui prétend guérir par des attouchements.
- 3Celui qui conduisait des bestiaux par troupe
- 4Celui qui guide les chevaux dans les galeries des mines.
- 5Pièce mécanique qui en touche une autre pour l'actionner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how toucheur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est cette ordure d’abbé Coché, le toucheur de culotte et le roi des coups de règle sur la pointe des doigts, qui a fait le cours de latin.
Beaucoup de gens ont cette pensée : « Quand je me sens mal, ce n’est pas physique, alors je vais voir un magnétiseur, un toucheur, quelqu’un qui va au contact de mon corps enlever ce qui se passe dans ma tête. »
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.