consignataire
\kɔ̃.si.ɲa.tɛʁ\
The verdict
“consignataire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui, celle qui est préposé à la garde d’une consignation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-consignataire · consignataire · French
consignataire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 | consignataire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.si.ɲa.tɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
consignataire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ̃.si.ɲa.tɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for consignataire, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is consignataire, spelled C-O-N-S-I-G-N-A-T-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Celui, celle qui est préposé à la garde d’une consignation.
- 2Négociant ou commissionnaire auquel on adresse soit un navire, pour qu’il en opère le désarmement et le réarmement, soit les marchandises chargées sur un bâtiment, pour qu’il les reçoive en dépôt ou se charge de les vendre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how consignataire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le consignataire délivra les fonds.
Le consignataire du navire, substitué aux obligations du capitaine pour la délivrance de la cargaison, est tenu de délivrer les marchandises qu’il a reçues et telles qu’il les a reçues, à moins de prouver le cas fortuit ou la force majeure.
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.