cendrière
\sɑ̃.dʁi.jɛʁ\
The verdict
“cendrière” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Endroit d’où l’on extrait des cendres d’origine géologique, afin de les épandre sur les champs en guise d’engrais, ou comme matière première dans l’extraction de la potasse.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cendrière |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɑ̃.dʁi.jɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cendrière” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for cendrière is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sɑ̃.dʁi.jɛʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
cendrière doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cendrière, spelled C-E-N-D-R-I-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Endroit d’où l’on extrait des cendres d’origine géologique, afin de les épandre sur les champs en guise d’engrais, ou comme matière première dans l’extraction de la potasse.
- 2Nappe de terre noire et cendreuse.
- 3Grand sac de coton, tissé serré, dans lequel on met les cendres qui serviront à préparer l’eau de lessive (les cendres contenant de la potasse). Dans ce sens, on dit plutôt cendrier.
- 4Nom donné parfois à la tourbe.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “cendrière”
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- The one correct French spelling is C-E-N-D-R-I-È-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.