travailleur au noir

\tʁa.va.jœ.ʁ‿o nwaʁ\

/\tʁa.va.jœ.ʁ‿o nwaʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“travailleur au noir” 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 September 3, 2026) - Personne qui travaille de façon non déclarée ou illégalement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-travailleur-au-noir · travailleur au noir · French

travailleur au noir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 19 letters
  • VOW-9 9 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 travailleur au noir
PropertyValue
Headwordtravailleur au noir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁa.va.jœ.ʁ‿o nwaʁ\
Letters19
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « travailleur au noir » en français

travailleur au noirreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

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

Rare enough to double-check

travailleur au noir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʁa.va.jœ.ʁ‿o nwaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne qui travaille de façon non déclarée ou illégalement.".

travailleur au noir has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is travailleur au noir, spelled T-R-A-V-A-I-L-L-E-U-R- -A-U- -N-O-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne qui travaille de façon non déclarée ou illégalement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les travailleurs au noir, en particulier, passent entre les mailles des filets sociaux. Dépourvus de contrat de travail ou de location, ils échappent au système de protection.

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 "travailleur au noir"?
"travailleur au noir" is spelled T-R-A-V-A-I-L-L-E-U-R- -A-U- -N-O-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁa.va.jœ.ʁ‿o nwaʁ\.
What does "travailleur au noir" mean?
As a noun, "travailleur au noir" means: Personne qui travaille de façon non déclarée ou illégalement.
How do you pronounce "travailleur au noir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "travailleur au noir" is \tʁa.va.jœ.ʁ‿o nwaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "travailleur au noir" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list