chatonner
\ʃa.tɔ.ne\
The verdict
“chatonner” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire tenir par un chaton.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chatonner · chatonner · French
chatonner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | chatonner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʃa.tɔ.ne\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chatonner » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chatonner is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʃa.tɔ.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for chatonner in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is chatonner, spelled C-H-A-T-O-N-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Faire tenir par un chaton.
- 2Faire tenir à la manière d’un chaton.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chatonner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En effet, lorsqu’un calcul présente un gros volume et que la surface en est couverte d’aspérités, […] il irrite les parties sur lesquelles il repose habituellement, et finit par y provoquer des contractions assez fortes et assez permanentes pour que les tuniques resserrées à demeure sur lui, l’embrassent, le chatonnent, et lui donnent une disposition anal…
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