ferronnerie
\fɛ.ʁɔn.ʁi\
The verdict
“ferronnerie” is uncommon French (frequency #50,829 among 137,178 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,829
- frequency rank, French
- 137,178
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lieu où l’on fabrique, où l’on vend les gros ouvrages de fer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ferronnerie · ferronnerie · French
ferronnerie · rank #50,829 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,829
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 137,178
- PHOTO-FINISH Feder
Nearest frequency peer: Feder (-2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “ferronnerie”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- fatiguez
fatiguez
49,175 corpus weight
- Feder
Feder
49,174 corpus weight
- ferronnerie
ferronnerie
49,172 corpus weight
- fiertés
fiertés
49,170 corpus weight
- firmware
firmware
49,169 corpus weight
- flatteurs
flatteurs
49,168 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ferronnerie” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ferronnerie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fɛ.ʁɔn.ʁi\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #50,829 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ferronnerie” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ferronnerie is uncommon French at frequency #50,829 among 137,178 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fɛ.ʁɔn.ʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ferronnerie, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 ferronnerie, spelled F-E-R-R-O-N-N-E-R-I-E.
Definition
- 1Lieu où l’on fabrique, où l’on vend les gros ouvrages de fer.
- 2Art du ferronnier.
- 3Ces ouvrages de fer, fabriqués par le ferronnier.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ferronnerie", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.