charruer
\ʃa.ʁɥe\
The verdict
“charruer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Passer à la charrue, labourer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-charruer · charruer · French
charruer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | charruer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʃa.ʁɥe\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « charruer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
charruer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʃa.ʁɥe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for charruer, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is charruer, spelled C-H-A-R-R-U-E-R.
Definition
- 1Passer à la charrue, labourer.
- 2Modifier comme par une charrue.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how charruer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le 6 août, la commission "ad hoc" était encore d'avis que les dégâts seraient limités; tandis que les Compagnies d'assurances recommandaient aux cultivateurs dont les parcelles étaient atteintes de ne pas charruer leurs champs avant le passage des inspecteurs chargés d'apprécier les dégâts, ce qui maintint sur pied pendant plusieurs semaines un formidable…
Il était constamment charrué et bouleversé de corneilles, de corbeaux et d’essaims ; il éclaboussait à chaque instant des vols de rossignols et de mésanges ; il fumait de bergeronnettes et d’abeilles ; il soufflait des faucons et des taons ; il jonglait avec des balles multicolores de pinsons, de roitelets, de rouges-gorges, de pluviers et de guêpes.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.