charnues

\ʃaʁ.ny\

/\ʃaʁ.ny\/ adj

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

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « charnues » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for charnues
PropertyValue
Headwordcharnues
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʃaʁ.ny\
Letters8
Frequency rank#55,813
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « charnues » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.charnuestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « charmed » (#55,812), « cheminements » (#55,815), « charcutier » (#55,810). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « charnues » est au #55,813. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de charnu.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. 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 !
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "charnues"?
"charnues" is spelled C-H-A-R-N-U-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃaʁ.ny\.
What does "charnues" mean?
As an adjective, "charnues" means: Féminin pluriel de charnu.
How do you pronounce "charnues"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "charnues" is \ʃaʁ.ny\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "charnues" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list