variateur
\va.ʁja.tœʁ\
The verdict
“variateur” is uncommon French (frequency #85,361 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,361
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Appareil permettant de varier :
Corpus desk
Index FR-variateur · variateur · French
variateur · rank #85,361 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,361
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH varech
Nearest frequency peer: varech (-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 « variateur »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Valcourt
Valcourt
14,644 corpus weight
- varech
varech
14,641 corpus weight
- variateur
variateur
14,640 corpus weight
- veillerons
veillerons
14,639 corpus weight
- vendangeurs
vendangeurs
14,638 corpus weight
- venner
venner
14,636 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « variateur » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | variateur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \va.ʁja.tœʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #85,361 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « variateur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
variateur is uncommon French at frequency #85,361 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \va.ʁja.tœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for variateur in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is variateur, spelled V-A-R-I-A-T-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Appareil permettant de varier :
- 2Appareil permettant de varier :
- 3Appareil permettant de varier :
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how variateur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
une prime pour les circulateurs de chauffage central avec un variateur de vitesse (classe A) et une prime pour la ventilation contrôlée à la demande (centralisée ou individuelle).
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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