cendrier
\sɑ̃.dʁi.je\
The verdict
“cendrier” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #32,335 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #32,335
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partie du fourneau qui est au-dessous de la grille ou du foyer, et dans laquelle tombent les cendres du bois ou du charbon.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cendrier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɑ̃.dʁi.je\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #32,335 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cendrier” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for cendrier is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sɑ̃.dʁi.je\. Corpus data places it at rank #32,335 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for cendrier, with forms such as "ccendrier", "cednrier", and "cenddrier". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "centrer", "cendré", "cendres", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is cendrier, spelled C-E-N-D-R-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Partie du fourneau qui est au-dessous de la grille ou du foyer, et dans laquelle tombent les cendres du bois ou du charbon.
- 2Espace au-dessous du foyer d’une locomotive à vapeur, où tombent les cendres et escarbilles.
- 3Petite coupe où l’on dépose les cendres d’un cigare, d’une cigarette, d’une pipe, etc.
- 4Grand sac de coton, tissé serré, dans lequel on mettait les cendres qui servaient à préparer l’eau de lessive.
- 5Grand carré de toile utilisé pour le transport du foin à dos d’homme.
- 6Vendeur de cendre pour la lessive.
- 7Récupérateur de corium.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccendrier,cednrier,cenddrier,cendirer,cendreir,cendrierr,cendrire,cendrrier,cenndrier,cenrdier,cnedrier,ecndrier
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cendrier - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “cendrier”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-E-N-D-R-I-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sɑ̃.dʁi.je\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “centrer” - see the side-by-side comparison. cendrier vs centrer
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.