cartonner

\kaʁ.tɔ.ne\

/\kaʁ.tɔ.ne\/ verb

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The verdict

“cartonner” is uncommon French (frequency #52,553 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,553
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Garnir de carton, et spécialement, recouvrir un livre en carton.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cartonner · cartonner · French

cartonner · rank #52,553 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,553
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Carmelo

Nearest frequency peer: Carmelo (-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 « cartonner »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cartonner
PropertyValue
Headwordcartonner
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kaʁ.tɔ.ne\
Letters9
Frequency rank#52,553
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cartonner » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).cartonnertombe 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: « Carmelo » (#52,552), « Caruso » (#52,554), « carbonifère » (#52,551). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cartonner » est au #52,553. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cartonner is uncommon French at frequency #52,553 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \kaʁ.tɔ.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 10 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cartonner, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is cartonner, spelled C-A-R-T-O-N-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Garnir de carton, et spécialement, recouvrir un livre en carton.
  2. 2
    Donner la consistance ou l’aspect du carton.
  3. 3
    Attaquer ou critiquer vigoureusement.
  4. 4
    Posséder sexuellement.
  5. 5
    Avoir du succès, l’emporter haut la main, faire un carton.
  6. 6
    Être en danger, exposé, etc.
  7. 7
    Entrer en collision, avoir un accident de voiture.
  8. 8
    Jouer aux cartes, taper le carton.
  9. 9
    Mettre un morceau de carton sur les plis d’un tissu avant de le catir.
  10. 10
    Garnir avec du papier le canal d’une fausse perle.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le cocher de Sa Majesté était chargé d’exciter ces crises salutaires, & de s’exposer à en ressentir les effets. Pour cela il se cartonnait bien les épaules; & lorsque le Roi commençait à se fâcher, il lui répondait grossièrement ; alors le monarque furieux prenait sa canne & le frappait à tour de bras tant qu’il avait de forces.
  2. Messieurs les amateurs qui voudront faire cartonner leurs livres par ce procédé, sont invités à les demander pliés, aux libraires, à qui il doit être indifférent délivrer les livres simplement pliés, non brochés.

This word in other languages

zensieren(Deutsch)desancar(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 "cartonner"?
"cartonner" is spelled C-A-R-T-O-N-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kaʁ.tɔ.ne\.
What does "cartonner" mean?
As a verb, "cartonner" means: Garnir de carton, et spécialement, recouvrir un livre en carton.
How do you pronounce "cartonner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cartonner" is \kaʁ.tɔ.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cartonner" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list