chocolatière
\ʃɔ.kɔ.la.tjɛʁ\
The verdict
“chocolatière” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vase, généralement d’argent, de cuivre ou de terre, pour faire fondre et bouillir le chocolat ou pour le servir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chocolatiere · chocolatière · French
chocolatière · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | chocolatière |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃɔ.kɔ.la.tjɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
chocolatière is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃɔ.kɔ.la.tjɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for chocolatière in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is chocolatière, spelled C-H-O-C-O-L-A-T-I-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Vase, généralement d’argent, de cuivre ou de terre, pour faire fondre et bouillir le chocolat ou pour le servir.
- 2Celle qui fait et vend le chocolat.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chocolatière appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dès qu’un domestique arrivait, elle lui arrachait la chocolatière et prenait un plaisir extrême à emplir les tasses, avec une promptitude de garçon de café.
Oliver von Bodenstein enleva la casserole de lait du feu, y ajouta deux cuillères de cacao en poudre et versa la boisson fumante dans la chocolatière.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.