charcutier
\ʃaʁ.ky.tje\
The verdict
“charcutier” is uncommon French (frequency #55,810 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,810
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Artisan ou industriel qui prépare et qui vend du porc frais ou préparé en boudins, saucisses ou toute autre viande hachée ou farcie (comme andouillettes et pâtés).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | charcutier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃaʁ.ky.tje\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #55,810 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “charcutier” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
charcutier is uncommon French at frequency #55,810 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃaʁ.ky.tje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Artisan ou industriel qui prépare et qui vend du porc frais ou préparé en boudins, saucisses ou toute autre viande hachée ou farcie (comme andouillettes et pâtés).".
charcutier has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is charcutier, spelled C-H-A-R-C-U-T-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Artisan ou industriel qui prépare et qui vend du porc frais ou préparé en boudins, saucisses ou toute autre viande hachée ou farcie (comme andouillettes et pâtés).
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “charcutier”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-H-A-R-C-U-T-I-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʃaʁ.ky.tje\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.