tricoteuse
\tʁi.kɔ.tøz\
The verdict
“tricoteuse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Femme qui tricote.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tricoteuse · tricoteuse · French
tricoteuse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tricoteuse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tʁi.kɔ.tøz\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tricoteuse » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tricoteuse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʁi.kɔ.tøz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for tricoteuse in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is tricoteuse, spelled T-R-I-C-O-T-E-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1Femme qui tricote.
- 2S’est dit, pendant la Révolution, des femmes du peuple qui assistaient aux séances de la Convention, des assemblées populaires, du tribunal révolutionnaire en apportant leur ouvrage de tricot.
- 3Celle qui fait des déplacements, des mouvements rapides.
- 4Celle qui fait des associations de notes de musiques, d’idées, de mots qui semblent construits, structurés et réguliers comme un tricot.
- 5Métier à tricoter.
- 6Petite table à ouvrage munie d’un rebord.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tricoteuse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Propos de la Tante de Lucie : La tricoteuse a veillé huit jours la vieille et elle s’est mise héritière.
Jacomard avait trouvé ce seul moyen pour « tuer son bourdon » et ne pas tromper sa fiancée, une tricoteuse à domicile des environs de Verdun.
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.