fonderie

/\fɔ̃.dʁi\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#21,944

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

fonderie is aFrenchnoun. It means: Art et technique consistant à fondre un métal et à le couler dans un moule pour fabriquer des pièces ou des objets. Pronounced \fɔ̃.dʁi\. Often confused with fondre and fonderies.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of fonderie in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for fonderie is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fɔ̃.dʁi\. Corpus data places it at rank #21,944 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for fonderie, with forms such as "ffonderie", "fnoderie", and "fodnerie". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "fondre", "fonderies", "fondée", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is fonderie, spelled F-O-N-D-E-R-I-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffonderie,fnoderie,fodnerie,fondderie,fondeire,fonderei,fonderrie,fondreie,fonedrie,fonnderie,ofnderie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fonderie

Misspelling Variants of "fonderie"

ffonderie9fnoderie8fodnerie8fondderie9fondeire8fonderei8fonderrie9fondreie8
Misspelling Variants of "fonderie"

Frequency rank: #21,944 in French

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?
"fonderie" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.