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erreur

French, noun/e.ʁœʁ/

erreur is a French feminine noun meaning “error (a faulty process of thought that leads to conclusions out of agreement with reality)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fausse opinion ; fausse doctrine”.

What does erreur mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineerror (a faulty process of thought that leads to conclusions out of agreement with reality)

    Near-synonyms: méprise (“misunderstanding”); mauvaise évaluation

  2. 2

    feminineerror (the resulting thought, conception, assumption, belief, determination, etc., of a flawed thought process)

  3. 3

    feminineerror (the condition of one who has made and maintains such incorrect conclusions)

    être dans l'erreur

  4. 4

    femininemistake (an action taken in such condition of faulty belief)

  5. 5

    feminineerror (a failure, misfunction)

    Near-synonyms: défaillance, dysfonctionnement

  6. 6

    feminineerror (the condition of something that is not representative of reality)

    la marge d'erreur – une marge d'erreur importante

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Fausse opinion ; fausse doctrine. 2. Illusion, comme dans cette expression. 3. Faute ; méprise. 4. Action d’errer, au sens d'aller de-ci de-là, ou de voyager.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of erreur

  • erreurs plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce erreur?

  • /e.ʁœʁ/
  • \ɛ.ʁœʁ\
  • [ɛ.ʁœʁ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to erreur

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is erreur in French?

erreur appears 81 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).