cogneur

\kɔ.ɲœʁ\

/\kɔ.ɲœʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“cogneur” is uncommon French (frequency #59,897 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,897
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui a l’habitude de cogner.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cogneur · cogneur · French

cogneur · rank #59,897 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,897
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cocus

Nearest frequency peer: cocus (-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 « cogneur »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cogneur
PropertyValue
Headwordcogneur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.ɲœʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#59,897
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cogneur » en français

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « cocus » (#59,896), « cogénération » (#59,898), « cocagne » (#59,895). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cogneur » est au #59,897. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cogneur is uncommon French at frequency #59,897 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ.ɲœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Celui qui a l’habitude de cogner.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for cogneur in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 cogneur, spelled C-O-G-N-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui qui a l’habitude de cogner.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Mon père, je l’ai pas connu, elle m’en parle jamais, à force de cogiter et d’interroger ce silence, je finis par penser qu’il était un cogneur lui aussi.

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 "cogneur"?
"cogneur" is spelled C-O-G-N-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.ɲœʁ\.
What does "cogneur" mean?
As a noun, "cogneur" means: Celui qui a l’habitude de cogner.
How do you pronounce "cogneur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cogneur" is \kɔ.ɲœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cogneur" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list