charognard
\ʃa.ʁɔ.ɲaʁ\
The verdict
“charognard” is uncommon French (frequency #70,470 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,470
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Animal vertébré qui se nourrit d’animaux déjà morts sans qu’il les ait tués lui-même.
Corpus desk
Index FR-charognard · charognard · French
charognard · rank #70,470 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,470
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH chargeaient
Nearest frequency peer: chargeaient (-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 « charognard »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- chalands
chalands
29,533 corpus weight
- chargeaient
chargeaient
29,532 corpus weight
- charognard
charognard
29,531 corpus weight
- charpie
charpie
29,530 corpus weight
- cheetah
cheetah
29,529 corpus weight
- Cheverny
Cheverny
29,528 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « charognard » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | charognard |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃa.ʁɔ.ɲaʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #70,470 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « charognard » en français
Rare enough to double-check
charognard is uncommon French at frequency #70,470 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃa.ʁɔ.ɲaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for charognard in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is charognard, spelled C-H-A-R-O-G-N-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1Animal vertébré qui se nourrit d’animaux déjà morts sans qu’il les ait tués lui-même.
- 2Celui qui exploite le malheur d’autrui.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how charognard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
– Le cimetière, c'est toute la Chine. Le cercueil que tu viens d'apercevoir, ils sont en train de le balancer dans quelque terrain vague. Là-dessus : adieu, grand-papa ! Bien du plaisir avec les charognards.
La douleur le tenait en éveil. La plus aiguë, la plus efficace ne venait pas de la plaie nouvelle. C’était dans son ancien gîte qu’elle résidait, à la place où maintenant il n’y avait plus rien, au creux de ce tronçon de jambe livré aux charognards.
Synonyms
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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