cognassier
\kɔ.ɲa.sje\
The verdict
“cognassier” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom que l’on donne à deux genres d'arbres de la famille des Rosacées (Rosaceae), le genre Cydonia qui porte des coings ou des cognasses que l'on consomme et le genre Chaenomeles cultivé comme arbus...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cognassier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.ɲa.sje\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cognassier” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cognassier is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ.ɲa.sje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom que l’on donne à deux genres d'arbres de la famille des Rosacées (Rosaceae), le genre Cydonia qui porte des coings ou des cognasses que l'on consomme et le genre Chaenomeles cultivé comme arbus...".
cognassier has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 cognassier, spelled C-O-G-N-A-S-S-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Nom que l’on donne à deux genres d'arbres de la famille des Rosacées (Rosaceae), le genre Cydonia qui porte des coings ou des cognasses que l'on consomme et le genre Chaenomeles cultivé comme arbuste d’ornement, ses fruits sont durs et astringents.
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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.
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Using “cognassier”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-G-N-A-S-S-I-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɔ.ɲa.sje\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.