cordonnerie

\kɔʁ.dɔn.ʁi\

/\kɔʁ.dɔn.ʁi\/ noun

The verdict

“cordonnerie” is uncommon French (frequency #71,387 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,387
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lieu dans lequel on fabrique ou on vend des chaussures.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cordonnerie · cordonnerie · French

cordonnerie · rank #71,387 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,387
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH corallien

Nearest frequency peer: corallien (-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 « cordonnerie »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cordonnerie
PropertyValue
Headwordcordonnerie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔʁ.dɔn.ʁi\
Letters11
Frequency rank#71,387
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cordonnerie » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).cordonnerietombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « corallien » (#71,386), « cormoran » (#71,388), « contrepèterie » (#71,385). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cordonnerie » est au #71,387. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cordonnerie is uncommon French at frequency #71,387 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔʁ.dɔn.ʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

cordonnerie has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 cordonnerie, spelled C-O-R-D-O-N-N-E-R-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lieu dans lequel on fabrique ou on vend des chaussures.
  2. 2
    Boutique spécialisée dans la réparation des chaussures.
  3. 3
    Fabrication des chaussures et ensemble des artisans qui s’y emploient.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Acheter des souliers à la cordonnerie.
  2. Il y a dans cette rue une grande cordonnerie.

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 "cordonnerie"?
"cordonnerie" is spelled C-O-R-D-O-N-N-E-R-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔʁ.dɔn.ʁi\.
What does "cordonnerie" mean?
As a noun, "cordonnerie" means: Lieu dans lequel on fabrique ou on vend des chaussures.
How do you pronounce "cordonnerie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cordonnerie" is \kɔʁ.dɔn.ʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cordonnerie" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cordonnerie", 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