-erie
\ə.ʁi\
The verdict
“-erie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a suffix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Suffixe utilisé pour former le nom d’un local ou d’un commerce associé à une activité souvent professionnelle ou industrielle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-erie · -erie · French
-erie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "-" 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 | -erie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Suffix |
| IPA | \ə.ʁi\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “-erie” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
-erie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as asuffix, transcribed \ə.ʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
-erie doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is -erie, spelled --E-R-I-E.
Definition
- 1Suffixe utilisé pour former le nom d’un local ou d’un commerce associé à une activité souvent professionnelle ou industrielle.
- 2Suffixe utilisé pour former un nom indiquant la qualité de, la caractéristique de.
- 3Suffixe utilisé pour former un nom indiquant une notion de collection, de batterie.
- 4Suffixe utilisé pour former un nom indiquant une notion d'activité.
This word in other languages
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.