usurier
\y.zy.ʁje\
The verdict
“usurier” is uncommon French (frequency #56,344 among 456 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,344
- frequency rank, French
- 456
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prêteur qui prête à un taux d’intérêt trop élevé, un taux usuraire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-usurier · usurier · French
usurier · rank #56,344 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,344
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 456
- PHOTO-FINISH uppercut
Nearest frequency peer: uppercut (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « usurier »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- UPC
UPC
43,659 corpus weight
- uppercut
uppercut
43,658 corpus weight
- usurier
usurier
43,657 corpus weight
- vacher
vacher
43,656 corpus weight
- vagabondage
vagabondage
43,655 corpus weight
- Valhalla
Valhalla
43,654 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « usurier » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | usurier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \y.zy.ʁje\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #56,344 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « usurier » en français
Rare enough to double-check
usurier is uncommon French at frequency #56,344 among 456 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \y.zy.ʁje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for usurier, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is usurier, spelled U-S-U-R-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Prêteur qui prête à un taux d’intérêt trop élevé, un taux usuraire.
- 2Personne qui accroit sa fortune en profitant des malheurs ou des nécessités.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how usurier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…], j’aurais juré que tes pensées se fussent portées sur les sacs d’argent du vieil usurier plutôt que sur les yeux noirs de sa fille.
Dans vingt ans, […], une héritière d’un million, ce sera rare comme le désintéressement chez un usurier.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).