cendrée

\sɑ̃.dʁe\

/\sɑ̃.dʁe\/ noun

The verdict

“cendrée” is uncommon French (frequency #55,804 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,804
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Écume de plomb. → voir masticant ^([1&2])

Corpus desk

Index FR-cendree · cendrée · French

cendrée · rank #55,804 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,804
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cem

Nearest frequency peer: cem (-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 « cendrée »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cendrée
PropertyValue
Headwordcendrée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɑ̃.dʁe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#55,804
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cendrée » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.cendréetombe 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: « cem » (#55,803), « cerro » (#55,805), « cervelet » (#55,806). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cendrée » est au #55,804. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cendrée is uncommon French at frequency #55,804 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɑ̃.dʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cendrée, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is cendrée, spelled C-E-N-D-R-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Écume de plomb. → voir masticant ^([1&2])
  2. 2
    Petit plomb dont on se sert à la chasse du petit gibier ^([1&2]).
  3. 3
    Mélange de pierre à chaux et de cendres de charbon de terre, pour fabriquer un ciment ^([2]).
  4. 4
    Mélange de mâchefer et de sable servant à recouvrir les pistes de sport
  5. 5
    Piste cendrée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Comme autour d’une desserte d’anthropophages, la famille accourut, se pencha sur le manteau où le jour brillait par cent trous, aussi ronds que si l’on eût mitraillé, à la cendrée, le drap fin.
  2. La cendrée de Vincennes

Synonyms

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 "cendrée"?
"cendrée" is spelled C-E-N-D-R-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɑ̃.dʁe\.
What does "cendrée" mean?
As a noun, "cendrée" means: Écume de plomb. → voir masticant ^([1&2])
How do you pronounce "cendrée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cendrée" is \sɑ̃.dʁe\. 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 "cendrée", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list