charcuterie
/ʃɑːɹˌk(j)uːtəˈɹiː/
"charcuterie" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“charcuterie” is uncommon English (frequency #62,761 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,761
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The practice of cooking and preparing ready-to-eat meat products, especially pork.
Corpus desk
Index EN-charcuterie · charcuterie · English
charcuterie · rank #62,761 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,761
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH chacha
Nearest frequency peer: chacha (-2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “charcuterie”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- CDG
CDG
37,244 corpus weight
- chacha
chacha
37,242 corpus weight
- charcuterie
charcuterie
37,240 corpus weight
- cholo
cholo
37,235 corpus weight
- choreograph
choreograph
37,234 corpus weight
- Christmasti…
Christmastime
37,233 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “charcuterie” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | charcuterie |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʃɑːɹˌk(j)uːtəˈɹiː/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #62,761 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “charcuterie” in English
Rare enough to double-check
charcuterie is uncommon English at frequency #62,761 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ʃɑːɹˌk(j)uːtəˈɹiː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for charcuterie, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French charcuterie. The correct English form is charcuterie, spelled C-H-A-R-C-U-T-E-R-I-E.
Definition
- 1The practice of cooking and preparing ready-to-eat meat products, especially pork.
- 2Cured meat that is ready to be eaten, especially pork.
- 3A shop or part of a shop specialising in cured meat.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how charcuterie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It was not until after the waiter came with the bill that Scott decided that we have the hotel make us a picnic lunch. I tried to argue him out of this as I was sure we could get a bottle of Mâcon in Mâcon and we could buy something to make sandwiches in a charcuterie.
Etymology
Borrowed from French charcuterie.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).