chiffonnier
\ʃi.fɔ.nje\
The verdict
“chiffonnier” is uncommon French (frequency #80,986 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,986
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mal tenu, négligé, sale.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chiffonnier · chiffonnier · French
chiffonnier · rank #80,986 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,986
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH Chesnais
Nearest frequency peer: Chesnais (-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 « chiffonnier »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Chaves
Chaves
19,018 corpus weight
- cheminant
cheminant
19,017 corpus weight
- Chesnais
Chesnais
19,016 corpus weight
- chiffonnier
chiffonnier
19,015 corpus weight
- chiller
chiller
19,014 corpus weight
- chirurgical…
chirurgicalement
19,013 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « chiffonnier » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chiffonnier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʃi.fɔ.nje\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #80,986 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chiffonnier » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chiffonnier is uncommon French at frequency #80,986 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʃi.fɔ.nje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for chiffonnier in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is chiffonnier, spelled C-H-I-F-F-O-N-N-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Mal tenu, négligé, sale.
- 2Qui concerne la mode, les toilettes, les vêtements.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chiffonnier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les boutiques à badigeon sombre portent une gourme négligée d’éclaboussures ; les maisons, au-dessus, tendent leurs faces chiffonnières, cendrées, avec des traînées de larmes couleur de café ; les fenêtres étroites, malsaines, n’ont que de la friperie à laisser voir.
La glose d’une sophistication intarissable dont il enguirlande les toilettes d’Albertine le dédouane de cette passion chiffonnière à laquelle il craint de se livrer, et qui s’enivre de ses volutes jusqu’aux recherches du maquillage et des accessoires.
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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