usurpateurs

\y.zyʁ.pa.tœʁ\

/\y.zyʁ.pa.tœʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“usurpateurs” is uncommon French (frequency #67,187 among 456 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,187
frequency rank, French
456
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de usurpateur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-usurpateurs · usurpateurs · French

usurpateurs · rank #67,187 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,187
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 456
  • PHOTO-FINISH valeo

Nearest frequency peer: valeo (+2 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 « usurpateurs »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « usurpateurs » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for usurpateurs
PropertyValue
Headwordusurpateurs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\y.zyʁ.pa.tœʁ\
Letters11
Frequency rank#67,187
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « usurpateurs » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).usurpateurstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « valeo » (#67,189), « valli » (#67,190), « ubiquité » (#67,182). Parmi 456 lemmes en « U », « usurpateurs » est au #67,187. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

usurpateurs is uncommon French at frequency #67,187 among 456 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \y.zyʁ.pa.tœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de usurpateur.".

No misspelling variants are generated for usurpateurs in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for 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 usurpateurs, spelled U-S-U-R-P-A-T-E-U-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de usurpateur.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "usurpateurs"?
"usurpateurs" is spelled U-S-U-R-P-A-T-E-U-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \y.zyʁ.pa.tœʁ\.
What does "usurpateurs" mean?
As a noun, "usurpateurs" means: Pluriel de usurpateur.
How do you pronounce "usurpateurs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "usurpateurs" is \y.zyʁ.pa.tœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "usurpateurs", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list