argentier

\aʁ.ʒɑ̃.tje\

/\aʁ.ʒɑ̃.tje\/ noun

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The verdict

“argentier” is uncommon French (frequency #59,078 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,078
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Officier qui était préposé à la cour pour distribuer certains fonds d’argent.

Corpus desk

Index FR-argentier · argentier · French

argentier · rank #59,078 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,078
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH artificier

Nearest frequency peer: artificier (+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 « argentier »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « argentier » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for argentier
PropertyValue
Headwordargentier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\aʁ.ʒɑ̃.tje\
Letters9
Frequency rank#59,078
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « argentier » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.argentiertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « artificier » (#59,079), « appliqua » (#59,076), « asservis » (#59,080). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « argentier » est au #59,078. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

argentier is uncommon French at frequency #59,078 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \aʁ.ʒɑ̃.tje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for argentier in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is argentier, spelled A-R-G-E-N-T-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Officier qui était préposé à la cour pour distribuer certains fonds d’argent.
  2. 2
    Surintendant ou ministre des finances.
  3. 3
    Celui qui faisait le commerce d’argent.
  4. 4
    Trésorier.
  5. 5
    Meuble servant à présenter ou à ranger l'argenterie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how argentier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le grand argentier.
  2. Dès 2008, « Le Canard » désignait Jean-Claude Juncker, alors patron de l’Eurogroupe et Premier ministre du Luxembourg, comme le « grand argentier de l’Europe à la tête d’un paradis fiscal ».

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "argentier"?
"argentier" is spelled A-R-G-E-N-T-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \aʁ.ʒɑ̃.tje\.
What does "argentier" mean?
As a noun, "argentier" means: Officier qui était préposé à la cour pour distribuer certains fonds d’argent.
How do you pronounce "argentier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "argentier" is \aʁ.ʒɑ̃.tje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "argentier", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

anglicans#59,070Aleksandr#59,059banquière#59,098aigrettes#59,055

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list