coudrier

\ku.dʁi.je\

/\ku.dʁi.je\/ noun

The verdict

“coudrier” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Autre nom du noisetier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-coudrier · coudrier · French

coudrier · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 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.

Key facts for coudrier
PropertyValue
Headwordcoudrier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ku.dʁi.je\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « coudrier » en français

coudrierreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

coudrier is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ku.dʁi.je\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

coudrier has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is coudrier, spelled C-O-U-D-R-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Autre nom du noisetier.
  2. 2
    Bois de cet arbre.
  3. 3
    Étui au bout pointu, taillé en bois de noisetier et rempli d’eau, dans lequel les paysans portaient leur pierre à aiguiser la faux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On prétend que les branches du coudrier servent à découvrir des sources, des trésors cachés, et les mines : cette branche qu’on tient dans la main est appelée par les charlatans baguette divinatoire, et elle a, disent-ils, des mouvemens qui marquent où sont ces sources et ces trésors ; mais ces prétendues propriétés sont fabuleuses; elles doivent être reg…
  2. coudrier Réconciliation. — Le coudrier est simplement l’arbre qui produit la noisette ; il a été chanté dans tous les temps, car la jeunesse va volontiers cueillir, non-seulement la fraise, mais la noisette, qui rime agréablement avec coudrette. Le coudrier est aussi le caducée du moins caduc des dieux, Mercure, le dieu du commerce, de l’union, de la paix…

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "coudrier"?
"coudrier" is spelled C-O-U-D-R-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ku.dʁi.je\.
What does "coudrier" mean?
As a noun, "coudrier" means: Autre nom du noisetier.
How do you pronounce "coudrier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "coudrier" is \ku.dʁi.je\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "coudrier" come from?
"coudrier" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list