cendrière
\sɑ̃.dʁi.jɛʁ\
The verdict
“cendrière” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cendriere · cendrière · French
cendrière · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| 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) |
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Rare enough to double-check
cendrière is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɑ̃.dʁi.jɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cendrière appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le Sieur Charles De Bezannes, châtelain de Festieux, a ouvert sur ses terres une cendrière dont nous ignorons la date d’ouverture.
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.