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 September 3, 2026) - A person who sells, makes, repairs, alters, cleans, or otherwise deals in clothing made of fur.
Corpus desk
Index EN-furrier · furrier · English
furrier · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “furrier” in English
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how furrier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The furrier went on to say that he had a real beaute of a Canadian three-quarter squirrel just in.
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman, from Old French forreor, from fourrer (“to line or trim with fur”).
Synonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.