travailleur au noir
\tʁa.va.jœ.ʁ‿o nwaʁ\
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | travailleur au noir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tʁa.va.jœ.ʁ‿o nwaʁ\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « travailleur au noir » en français
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
- 1Personne qui travaille de façon non déclarée ou illégalement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how travailleur au noir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.