charbonnier

\ʃaʁ.bɔ.nje\

/\ʃaʁ.bɔ.nje\/ noun

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The verdict

“charbonnier” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,721. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,721
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui fait ou qui vend du charbon.

Corpus desk

Index FR-charbonnier · charbonnier · French

charbonnier · rank #37,721 · 15 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #37,721
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH changeante

Nearest frequency peer: changeante (-2 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 « charbonnier »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « charbonnier » 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).

charbonnier vs chansonnier
82% similar

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

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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « charbonnier »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).charbonnierse 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 « changeante » (#37,719), « checker » (#37,723), « Ceuta » (#37,718). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « charbonnier » est au #37,721. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around charbonnier (IPA \ʃaʁ.bɔ.nje\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,721 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 12 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for charbonnier, with forms such as "cahrbonnier", "ccharbonnier", and "chabronnier". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "chansonnier", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is charbonnier, spelled C-H-A-R-B-O-N-N-I-E-R.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Vingt ans auparavant, les charbonniers avaient fait là leur charbonnière, et la place est restée battue ; tout y a été brûlé dans une circonférence assez vaste.
  2. Comme je paraissais faible et que je boitais un peu, ma mère avait voulu me faire apprendre un métier plus doux que ceux de notre village ; car, au Dagsberg, on ne trouve que des bûcherons, des charbonniers et des schlitteurs.

Synonyms

bougnathouilleur

This word in other languages

collier(English)carbonero(Español)Köhler(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahrbonnier
  • ccharbonnier
  • chabronnier
  • charbbonnier
  • charbnonier
  • charbonier
  • charboniner
  • charbonneir
  • charbonnierr
  • charbonnire
  • charobnnier
  • charrbonnier
  • chharbonnier
  • chrabonnier
  • hcarbonnier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of charbonnier - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

cahrbonnier2ccharbonnier1chabronnier2charbbonnier1charbnonier2charbonier1charboniner2charbonneir2
Edit distance from "charbonnier"

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 "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?
"charbonnier" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

continuelle#37,745convertible#37,747déneigement#37,779articulaire#37,662

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

changeante15 variantscargaisons15 variantsbénéficiez15 variantsbyzantins15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list