chocolatier

\ʃɔ.kɔ.la.tje\

/\ʃɔ.kɔ.la.tje\/ noun

The verdict

“chocolatier” is uncommon French (frequency #50,116 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,116
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui fait et vend du chocolat.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chocolatier · chocolatier · French

chocolatier · rank #50,116 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,116
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chenil

Nearest frequency peer: chenil (-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 « chocolatier »

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 « chocolatier » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for chocolatier
PropertyValue
Headwordchocolatier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃɔ.kɔ.la.tje\
Letters11
Frequency rank#50,116
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « chocolatier » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.chocolatiertombe 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: « chenil » (#50,115), « chop » (#50,117), « charnu » (#50,114). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chocolatier » est au #50,116. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

chocolatier is uncommon French at frequency #50,116 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃɔ.kɔ.la.tje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Celui qui fait et vend du chocolat.".

chocolatier has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is chocolatier, spelled C-H-O-C-O-L-A-T-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui qui fait et vend du chocolat.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les planteurs commencent à s’intéresser au devenir de leur production et les chocolatiers se penchent sur la préparation de leur matière première.
  2. On doit au chocolatier rétais quelques spécialités comme le Fort Boyard, le dôme de sel, la charentaise (fourrée au praliné gianduja) ou encore la patate de l’île de Ré.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chocolatier"?
"chocolatier" is spelled C-H-O-C-O-L-A-T-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃɔ.kɔ.la.tje\.
What does "chocolatier" mean?
As a noun, "chocolatier" means: Celui qui fait et vend du chocolat.
How do you pronounce "chocolatier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chocolatier" is \ʃɔ.kɔ.la.tje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list