goupillière
\ɡu.pij.jɛʁ\
The verdict
“goupillière” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Four sidérurgique primitif selon le procédé catalan.
Corpus desk
Index FR-goupilliere · goupillière · French
goupillière · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | goupillière |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡu.pij.jɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
goupillière is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡu.pij.jɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Four sidérurgique primitif selon le procédé catalan.".
goupillière doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is goupillière, spelled G-O-U-P-I-L-L-I-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Four sidérurgique primitif selon le procédé catalan.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how goupillière appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour écouler le laitier, qui s’accumulait à la partie supérieure (étant plus léger que le fer), le fondeur avait ménagé, à hauteur convenable, un conduit appelé queue de renard, d’où le nom de renardière ou goupillière, donné à ce genre de four qui permettait d’obtenir directement le fer à partir du minerai et sans passer par la fonte.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.