charbonnier

/\ʃaʁ.bɔ.nje\/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#37,721

in French word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

charbonnier is aFrenchnoun. It means: Celui qui fait ou qui vend du charbon. Pronounced \ʃaʁ.bɔ.nje\. Often confused with chansonnier.

Key facts for charbonnier
PropertyValue
Headwordcharbonnier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃaʁ.bɔ.nje\
Letters11
Frequency rank#37,721
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for charbonnier is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʃaʁ.bɔ.nje\. Corpus data places it at rank #37,721 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for charbonnier, with forms such as "cahrbonnier", "ccharbonnier", and "chabronnier". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "chansonnier", 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 charbonnier, spelled C-H-A-R-B-O-N-N-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
    Celui qui fait ou qui vend du charbon.
  2. 2
    Mineur qui travaille aux mines de houille.
  3. 3
    Celui qui conduit le fourneau.
  4. 4
    Lieu où l’on fait, où l’on met le charbon.
  5. 5
    Coffre à charbon à usage domestique.^([1])
  6. 6
    Bâtiment affecté au transport du charbon.
  7. 7
    Terre où les cerfs frottent leurs bois.
  8. 8
    Four où l’on brûlait la houille pour en retirer le soufre.
  9. 9
    Variété de renard dont le pelage tire vers le noir.
  10. 10
    Synonyme de tricholome couleur de souris (espèce de champignons).
  11. 11
    Synonyme de tricholome prétentieux (espèce de champignons).
  12. 12
    Espèce de poissons téléostéen, du genre Anoplopoma.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cahrbonnier,ccharbonnier,chabronnier,charbbonnier,charbnonier,charbonier,charboniner,charbonneir,charbonnierr,charbonnire,charobnnier,charrbonnier,chharbonnier,chrabonnier,hcarbonnier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for charbonnier

Misspelling Variants of "charbonnier"

cahrbonnier11ccharbonnier12chabronnier11charbbonnier12charbnonier11charbonier10charboniner11charbonneir11
Misspelling Variants of "charbonnier"

Frequency rank: #37,721 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "charbonnier"?
"charbonnier" is spelled C-H-A-R-B-O-N-N-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃaʁ.bɔ.nje\.
What does "charbonnier" mean?
As a noun, "charbonnier" means: Celui qui fait ou qui vend du charbon.
What words are commonly confused with "charbonnier"?
"charbonnier" is commonly confused with "chansonnier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "charbonnier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "charbonnier" is \ʃaʁ.bɔ.nje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "charbonnier" come from?
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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.