corps de métier
\kɔʁ də me.tje\
The verdict
“corps de métier” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble des personnes effectuant la même profession.
Corpus desk
Index FR-corps-de-metier · corps de métier · French
corps de métier · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | corps de métier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔʁ də me.tje\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
corps de métier is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔʁ də me.tje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for corps de métier, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 corps de métier, spelled C-O-R-P-S- -D-E- -M-É-T-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Ensemble des personnes effectuant la même profession.
- 2Corporation correspondante.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how corps de métier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le corps de métier des chaudronniers.
Il faut savoir que, dans le bâtiment, les corps de métiers se vouent un mépris aussi inexplicable qu'inextinguible. Le plâtrier tient le maçon pour un pouilleux et le plaquiste pour un escroc. Le chauffagiste regarde de haut le fumiste qui, lui-même, toise le jointeur. Quant à l`électricien, électron agaçant, il ne voit même pas le peintre, que, souvent,…
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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.