cochonnerie

\kɔ.ʃɔn.ʁi\

/\kɔ.ʃɔn.ʁi\/ noun

The verdict

“cochonnerie” is uncommon French (frequency #59,171 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,171
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Viande de porc ; charcuterie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cochonnerie · cochonnerie · French

cochonnerie · rank #59,171 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,171
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH closed

Nearest frequency peer: closed (-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 « cochonnerie »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cochonnerie
PropertyValue
Headwordcochonnerie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.ʃɔn.ʁi\
Letters11
Frequency rank#59,171
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cochonnerie » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).cochonnerietombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « closed » (#59,170), « cocons » (#59,172), « clo » (#59,169). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cochonnerie » est au #59,171. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cochonnerie is uncommon French at frequency #59,171 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ.ʃɔn.ʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cochonnerie, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is cochonnerie, spelled C-O-C-H-O-N-N-E-R-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Viande de porc ; charcuterie.
  2. 2
    Malpropreté.
  3. 3
    Chose sale, gâtée, ou sans valeur.
  4. 4
    Action ou propos grossier, indécent et qui répugne.
  5. 5
    Jeu érotique ou sexuel.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le charcutier tue le porc, le dépèce et prépare ses cochonneries dans la même soupente à côté du fumier. Les animaux sont tués sans aucun contrôle effectif du vétérinaire, c'est dire quelle horrible mixture est présentée au public.
  2. Cet homme est d’une cochonnerie dégoûtante.

Synonyms

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 "cochonnerie"?
"cochonnerie" is spelled C-O-C-H-O-N-N-E-R-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.ʃɔn.ʁi\.
What does "cochonnerie" mean?
As a noun, "cochonnerie" means: Viande de porc ; charcuterie.
How do you pronounce "cochonnerie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cochonnerie" is \kɔ.ʃɔn.ʁi\. 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 "cochonnerie", 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