cartonnage

\kaʁ.tɔ.naʒ\

/\kaʁ.tɔ.naʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“cartonnage” is uncommon French (frequency #80,027 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,027
frequency rank, French
257,141
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de cartonner ou résultat de cette action.

Key facts for cartonnage
PropertyValue
Headwordcartonnage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kaʁ.tɔ.naʒ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#80,027
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “cartonnage” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). cartonnage lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cartonnage is uncommon French at frequency #80,027 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kaʁ.tɔ.naʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for cartonnage in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

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 cartonnage, spelled C-A-R-T-O-N-N-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de cartonner ou résultat de cette action.
  2. 2
    Boîte en carton mince servant à la protection des marchandises pendant la manutention, le transport et le stockage.
  3. 3
    Désigne la branche des industries graphiques qui s’occupe de la transformation de différentes variétés de cartons dans le but ci-dessus.
  4. 4
    Carton
  5. 5
    Action de jouer aux cartes.

Synonyms

carton

This word in other languages

Kartonage(Deutsch)cartonagem(Português)

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 "cartonnage"?
"cartonnage" is spelled C-A-R-T-O-N-N-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kaʁ.tɔ.naʒ\.
What does "cartonnage" mean?
As a noun, "cartonnage" means: Action de cartonner ou résultat de cette action.
How do you pronounce "cartonnage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cartonnage" is \kaʁ.tɔ.naʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cartonnage" come from?
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Using “cartonnage”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-A-R-T-O-N-N-A-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \kaʁ.tɔ.naʒ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list