fumoir
\fy.mwaʁ\
The verdict
“fumoir” is uncommon French (frequency #52,705 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,705
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bâtiment destiné à fumer les viandes et les poissons.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fumoir · fumoir · French
fumoir · rank #52,705 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,705
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH fuiter
Nearest frequency peer: fuiter (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « fumoir »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- francisque
francisque
47,299 corpus weight
- frisquet
frisquet
47,298 corpus weight
- fuiter
fuiter
47,297 corpus weight
- fumoir
fumoir
47,296 corpus weight
- gainage
gainage
47,295 corpus weight
- Galapagos
Galapagos
47,294 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « fumoir » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fumoir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fy.mwaʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #52,705 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fumoir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fumoir is uncommon French at frequency #52,705 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fy.mwaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for fumoir in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 fumoir, spelled F-U-M-O-I-R.
Definition
- 1Bâtiment destiné à fumer les viandes et les poissons.
- 2Pièce qui, dans les appartements, dans les hôtels, dans les entreprises, est réservée aux fumeurs.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fumoir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le fumoir occupait, à l’extrémité du grand salon, une des pièces rondes formées par les tourelles.
Il se rendit à pied rue d’Antin où il avait un entresol, et, arrivé dans son fumoir, s’enferma pour écrire à Mlle de Vénérande.
Synonyms
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).