corderie

\kɔʁ.də.ʁi\

/\kɔʁ.də.ʁi\/ noun

The verdict

“corderie” is uncommon French (frequency #79,185 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,185
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fabrique de cordes, de cordages.

Corpus desk

Index FR-corderie · corderie · French

corderie · rank #79,185 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,185
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH coproducteur

Nearest frequency peer: coproducteur (-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 « corderie »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for corderie
PropertyValue
Headwordcorderie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔʁ.də.ʁi\
Letters8
Frequency rank#79,185
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « corderie » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).corderietombe 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: « coproducteur » (#79,184), « corons » (#79,186), « costal » (#79,187). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « corderie » est au #79,185. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

corderie is uncommon French at frequency #79,185 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔʁ.də.ʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for corderie in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is corderie, spelled C-O-R-D-E-R-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fabrique de cordes, de cordages.
  2. 2
    Lieu où l'on vend des cordes, des cordages.
  3. 3
    Art de faire des cordes, des cordages.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mon père est entré dans une corderie qui embauchait garçons et filles dès l'âge de treize ans.
  2. On groupe quelquefois sous ce nom quelques fibres qui sont employées dans la corderie, la brosserie, la fabrication des feutres, etc., et qui ne pourraient entrer que difficilement dans la confection d'une étoffe quelconque.

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 "corderie"?
"corderie" is spelled C-O-R-D-E-R-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔʁ.də.ʁi\.
What does "corderie" mean?
As a noun, "corderie" means: Fabrique de cordes, de cordages.
How do you pronounce "corderie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "corderie" is \kɔʁ.də.ʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "corderie" come from?
"corderie" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list