cloisonner

\klwa.zɔ.ne\

/\klwa.zɔ.ne\/ verb

The verdict

“cloisonner” is uncommon French (frequency #92,559 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,559
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Séparer par des cloisons.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cloisonner · cloisonner · French

cloisonner · rank #92,559 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,559
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH clinicienne

Nearest frequency peer: clinicienne (-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 « cloisonner »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cloisonner
PropertyValue
Headwordcloisonner
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\klwa.zɔ.ne\
Letters10
Frequency rank#92,559
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cloisonner » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).cloisonnertombe 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: « clinicienne » (#92,558), « cognacs » (#92,561), « colophane » (#92,562). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cloisonner » est au #92,559. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cloisonner is uncommon French at frequency #92,559 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \klwa.zɔ.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cloisonner, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is cloisonner, spelled C-L-O-I-S-O-N-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Séparer par des cloisons.
  2. 2
    Séparer pour éviter les contacts, en parlant des activités humaines

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les reliefs se dressent en puissants massifs ou encore constituent des systèmes montagneux très digités qui cloisonnent des petites pénéplaines. Aussi le paysage qui s'offre à la vue est-il toujours limité à l'horizon par des reliefs plus ou moins vigoureux.
  2. A peine une salle était-elle cloisonnée que les menuisiers s'en emparaient pour y poser les boiseries et les vitrines, les tapissiers la tendaient d'étoffe, des ouvriers spéciaux la parquetaient de linoléum.

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 "cloisonner"?
"cloisonner" is spelled C-L-O-I-S-O-N-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \klwa.zɔ.ne\.
What does "cloisonner" mean?
As a verb, "cloisonner" means: Séparer par des cloisons.
How do you pronounce "cloisonner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cloisonner" is \klwa.zɔ.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cloisonner" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list