charnu
\ʃaʁ.ny\
The verdict
“charnu” is uncommon French (frequency #50,114 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,114
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est formé de chair.
Corpus desk
Index FR-charnu · charnu · French
charnu · rank #50,114 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,114
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH chalutier
Nearest frequency peer: chalutier (-1 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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « charnu »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- cena
cena
49,889 corpus weight
- chalutier
chalutier
49,888 corpus weight
- charnu
charnu
49,887 corpus weight
- chenil
chenil
49,886 corpus weight
- chocolatier
chocolatier
49,885 corpus weight
- chop
chop
49,884 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « charnu » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | charnu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʃaʁ.ny\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #50,114 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « charnu » en français
Rare enough to double-check
charnu is uncommon French at frequency #50,114 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʃaʁ.ny\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
charnu doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is charnu, spelled C-H-A-R-N-U.
Definition
- 1Qui est formé de chair.
- 2Pulpeux, succulent, en parlant des plantes et de leurs parties.
- 3Qui a de la consistance, de l’épaisseur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how charnu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une masse charnue. Les parties charnues du corps.
Au physique, Antoine n’avait que les lèvres charnues d’Adélaïde.
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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