cendrier

\sɑ̃.dʁi.je\

/\sɑ̃.dʁi.je\/ noun

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The verdict

“cendrier” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,335. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,335
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cendrier · cendrier · French

cendrier · rank #32,335 · 12 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,335
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chacal

Nearest frequency peer: chacal (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « cendrier »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « cendrier » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cendrier vs centrer
75% similar
cendrier vs cendré
63% similar
cendrier vs cendres
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cendrier
PropertyValue
Headwordcendrier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɑ̃.dʁi.je\
Letters8
Frequency rank#32,335
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cendrier »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).cendrierse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « chacal » (#32,336), « cartilage » (#32,333), « chauffard » (#32,337). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cendrier » est au #32,335. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around cendrier (IPA \sɑ̃.dʁi.je\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,335 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Partie du fourneau qui est au-dessous de la grille ou du foyer, et dans laquelle tombent les cendres du bois ou du charbon.
  2. 2
    Espace au-dessous du foyer d’une locomotive à vapeur, où tombent les cendres et escarbilles.
  3. 3
    Petite coupe où l’on dépose les cendres d’un cigare, d’une cigarette, d’une pipe, etc.
  4. 4
    Grand sac de coton, tissé serré, dans lequel on mettait les cendres qui servaient à préparer l’eau de lessive.
  5. 5
    Grand carré de toile utilisé pour le transport du foin à dos d’homme.
  6. 6
    Vendeur de cendre pour la lessive.
  7. 7
    Récupérateur de corium.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Esmé sort cinq cigarettes, les allume les cinq et les pose sur le bord d’un cendrier de verre.
  2. La machine à écrire sur la consolette Louis XV, la ronéotype sur le bureau Napoléon III, des paquets de papier partout sur un vestige de tapis de la Savonnerie, et des cendriers pleins de clopes dans tous les coins.

Synonyms

cendarcendrièrecharrier

This word in other languages

ash-pan(English)cenicero(Español)Aschenbecher(Deutsch)cinzeiro(Português)

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.

ccendrier1cednrier2cenddrier1cendirer2cendreir2cendrierr1cendrire2cendrrier1
Edit distance from "cendrier"

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 "cendrier"?
"cendrier" is spelled C-E-N-D-R-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \sɑ̃.dʁi.je\.
What does "cendrier" mean?
As a noun, "cendrier" means: Partie du fourneau qui est au-dessous de la grille ou du foyer, et dans laquelle tombent les cendres du bois ou du charbon.
What words are commonly confused with "cendrier"?
"cendrier" is commonly confused with "centrer", "cendré", "cendres". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cendrier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cendrier" is \sɑ̃.dʁi.je\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cendrier" come from?
"cendrier" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cartable#32,332cherchée#32,338chevalet#32,339cantique#32,330

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

chauffard12 variantsbâtonnier12 variantsconcédée12 variantsconserva12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list