touilleur

\tu.jœʁ\

/\tu.jœʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“touilleur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui touille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-touilleur · touilleur · French

touilleur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 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.

Key facts for touilleur
PropertyValue
Headwordtouilleur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tu.jœʁ\
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « touilleur » en français

touilleurn'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

touilleur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tu.jœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for touilleur, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is touilleur, spelled T-O-U-I-L-L-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui qui touille.
  2. 2
    Tige, parfois décorée, servant à mélanger un cocktail dans un verre.
  3. 3
    Ustensile de cuisine conçu pour mélanger la salade.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how touilleur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le touilleur de glu (il semble bien que certains paysans en aient fait leur activité principale) intervenait en deux temps : d’abord pour battre l’écorce du bois de houx qu’on venait d’arracher; puis après avoir laissé cette première pâte macérer dans la terre, on en venait à l’ultime opération qui consistait à touiller, en rajoutant de l’eau, jusqu’à obt…
  2. Servez avec 4 touilleurs, le sel de céleri et le Tabasco.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "touilleur"?
"touilleur" is spelled T-O-U-I-L-L-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \tu.jœʁ\.
What does "touilleur" mean?
As a noun, "touilleur" means: Celui qui touille.
How do you pronounce "touilleur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "touilleur" is \tu.jœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "touilleur" come from?
"touilleur" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list