aumônerie

\o.mon.ʁi\

/\o.mon.ʁi\/ noun

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The verdict

“aumônerie” is uncommon French (frequency #53,783 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,783
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Charge d’aumônier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-aumonerie · aumônerie · French

aumônerie · rank #53,783 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,783
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH aulne

Nearest frequency peer: aulne (-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 « aumônerie »

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 « aumônerie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for aumônerie
PropertyValue
Headwordaumônerie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\o.mon.ʁi\
Letters9
Frequency rank#53,783
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « aumônerie » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).aumônerietombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « aulne » (#53,782), « aumôniers » (#53,784), « attrayantes » (#53,780). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « aumônerie » est au #53,783. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

aumônerie is uncommon French at frequency #53,783 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \o.mon.ʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for aumônerie in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is aumônerie, spelled A-U-M-Ô-N-E-R-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Charge d’aumônier.
  2. 2
    Certain bénéfice claustral affecté à la distribution des aumônes, dans les abbayes.
  3. 3
    Service en charge de la distribution de l'aumône.
  4. 4
    (Religion) Service attaché à certains corps, à certains établissements, pour enseigner la religion et les diriger spirituellement.
  5. 5
    Dans l'enseignement, mission de rencontre à destination de la jeunesse, à propos de la culture chrétienne et de la foi.
  6. 6
    Bâtiment abritant le service d'aumônerie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On peut citer à ce sujet le duc de Médinacéli, qui pouvait certainement placer en canonicats, cures, provendes, chapellenies, aumôneries, etc., plus de mille sujets, plusieurs de ces bénéfices n’exigeant point que les titulaires fussent prêtres.
  2. Derrière nous, déjà, il n'y a plus que trois personnes : la grand-mère Pluvignec, qui agonise ; le protonotaire apostolique, octogénaire, retiré dans un couvent dont il assure vaguement l'aumônerie ; et ma mère, au carrefour des trois branches sorties de ses trois fils.

This word in other languages

chaplaincy(English)

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 "aumônerie"?
"aumônerie" is spelled A-U-M-Ô-N-E-R-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \o.mon.ʁi\.
What does "aumônerie" mean?
As a noun, "aumônerie" means: Charge d’aumônier.
How do you pronounce "aumônerie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aumônerie" is \o.mon.ʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aumônerie" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

aumôniers#53,784Austrasie#53,786astrolabe#53,778arabesque#53,769

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list