fonderie

\fɔ̃.dʁi\

/\fɔ̃.dʁi\/ noun

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The verdict

“fonderie” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,944. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,944
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Art et technique consistant à fondre un métal et à le couler dans un moule pour fabriquer des pièces ou des objets.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fonderie · fonderie · French

fonderie · rank #21,944 · 11 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,944
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH foncée

Nearest frequency peer: foncée (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « fonderie »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « fonderie » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

fonderie vs fondre
75% similar
fonderie vs fonderies
89% similar
fonderie vs fondée
63% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for fonderie
PropertyValue
Headwordfonderie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fɔ̃.dʁi\
Letters8
Frequency rank#21,944
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fonderie »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.fonderiese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « foncée » (#21,943), « foreign » (#21,945), « foncières » (#21,942). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fonderie » est au #21,944. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around fonderie (IPA \fɔ̃.dʁi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,944 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for fonderie, with forms such as "ffonderie", "fnoderie", and "fodnerie". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "fondre", "fonderies", "fondée", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is fonderie, spelled F-O-N-D-E-R-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Art et technique consistant à fondre un métal et à le couler dans un moule pour fabriquer des pièces ou des objets.
  2. 2
    Atelier ou établissement industriel où l’on fabrique des pièces par coulée de métal en fusion.
  3. 3
    Établissement où l’on fond et où l’on purifie le métal tiré d’une mine.
  4. 4
    Lieu où l’on fond la cire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Afin d’améliorer encore les caractéristiques (de fluage notamment), plusieurs procédés de fonderie sont possibles.
  2. Une fonderie de canons. - Une fonderie de caractères.

This word in other languages

foundry(English)fundición(Español)Gießerei(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffonderie
  • fnoderie
  • fodnerie
  • fondderie
  • fondeire
  • fonderei
  • fonderrie
  • fondreie
  • fonedrie
  • fonnderie
  • ofnderie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fonderie - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ffonderie1fnoderie2fodnerie2fondderie1fondeire2fonderei2fonderrie1fondreie2
Edit distance from "fonderie"

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 "fonderie"?
"fonderie" is spelled F-O-N-D-E-R-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fɔ̃.dʁi\.
What does "fonderie" mean?
As a noun, "fonderie" means: Art et technique consistant à fondre un métal et à le couler dans un moule pour fabriquer des pièces ou des objets.
What words are commonly confused with "fonderie"?
"fonderie" is commonly confused with "fondre", "fonderies", "fondée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fonderie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fonderie" is \fɔ̃.dʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fonderie" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fonderie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list