furrier
/ˈfʌɹi.ə/
"furrier" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“furrier” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A person who sells, makes, repairs, alters, cleans, or otherwise deals in clothing made of fur.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | furrier |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfʌɹi.ə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “furrier” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
furrier is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈfʌɹi.ə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person who sells, makes, repairs, alters, cleans, or otherwise deals in clothing made of fur.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for furrier, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Anglo-Norman, from Old French forreor, from fourrer (“to line or trim with fur”). The correct English form is furrier, spelled F-U-R-R-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1A person who sells, makes, repairs, alters, cleans, or otherwise deals in clothing made of fur.
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman, from Old French forreor, from fourrer (“to line or trim with fur”).
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “furrier”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-U-R-R-I-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.