traîneur de savates

\tʁɛ.nœʁ də sa.vat\

/\tʁɛ.nœʁ də sa.vat\/ noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
19
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Personne désœuvrée.

Key facts for traîneur de savates
PropertyValue
Headwordtraîneur de savates
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁɛ.nœʁ də sa.vat\
Letters19
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “traîneur de savates” sits in French frequency

traîneur de savates falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

traîneur de savates is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʁɛ.nœʁ də sa.vat\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne désœuvrée.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for traîneur de savates, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is traîneur de savates, spelled T-R-A-Î-N-E-U-R- -D-E- -S-A-V-A-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne désœuvrée.

Synonyms

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 "traîneur de savates"?
"traîneur de savates" is spelled T-R-A-Î-N-E-U-R- -D-E- -S-A-V-A-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁɛ.nœʁ də sa.vat\.
What does "traîneur de savates" mean?
As a noun, "traîneur de savates" means: Personne désœuvrée.
How do you pronounce "traîneur de savates"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "traîneur de savates" is \tʁɛ.nœʁ də sa.vat\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "traîneur de savates" come from?
"traîneur de savates" 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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Using “traîneur de savates”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is T-R-A-Î-N-E-U-R- -D-E- -S-A-V-A-T-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \tʁɛ.nœʁ də sa.vat\ (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
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