charnues
\ʃaʁ.ny\
The verdict
“charnues” is uncommon French (frequency #55,813 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,813
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de charnu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-charnues · charnues · French
charnues · rank #55,813 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,813
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH charmed
Nearest frequency peer: charmed (-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 « charnues »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- chamboulée
chamboulée
44,193 corpus weight
- charcutier
charcutier
44,191 corpus weight
- charmed
charmed
44,189 corpus weight
- charnues
charnues
44,188 corpus weight
- cheminements
cheminements
44,186 corpus weight
- chesterfield
chesterfield
44,185 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « charnues » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | charnues |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʃaʁ.ny\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #55,813 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « charnues » en français
Rare enough to double-check
charnues is uncommon French at frequency #55,813 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʃaʁ.ny\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin pluriel de charnu.".
charnues doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 charnues, spelled C-H-A-R-N-U-E-S.
Definition
- 1Féminin pluriel de charnu.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how charnues appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il y avait, dans les charcuteries, des filles charnues qui traitaient la vie comme une danse; elles honoraient les pâtés de gestes rituels, de caresses douillettes. Oh! les suaves pâtés !
Et puis presque sans transition, ni pause, quatre femmes pénétrèrent dans la pièce, fardées, mûres, charnues, du muscle et des bijoux, fortement familières.
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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