cendrier

/\sɑ̃.dʁi.je\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#32,335

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

cendrier is aFrenchnoun. It 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. Pronounced \sɑ̃.dʁi.je\. Often confused with centrer and cendré.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cendrier in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for cendrier is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for cendrier, with forms such as "ccendrier", "cednrier", and "cenddrier". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "centrer", "cendré", "cendres", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is cendrier, spelled C-E-N-D-R-I-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccendrier,cednrier,cenddrier,cendirer,cendreir,cendrierr,cendrire,cendrrier,cenndrier,cenrdier,cnedrier,ecndrier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cendrier

Misspelling Variants of "cendrier"

ccendrier9cednrier8cenddrier9cendirer8cendreir8cendrierr9cendrire8cendrrier9
Misspelling Variants of "cendrier"

Frequency rank: #32,335 in French

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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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.