lavandière
\la.vɑ̃.djɛʁ\
The verdict
“lavandière” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Femme qui lave le linge.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lavandiere · lavandière · French
lavandière · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" 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 | lavandière |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \la.vɑ̃.djɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
lavandière is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \la.vɑ̃.djɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
lavandière doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 lavandière, spelled L-A-V-A-N-D-I-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Femme qui lave le linge.
- 2Bergeronnette, bergeronnette grise.
- 3Synonyme de lavanderaie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lavandière appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et le cri de la lavandière effraya dans la souche d’un saule, un rat qui filait sa quenouille.
Financés à hauteur de 30 % par l’État, ces « lavoirs communs » plus ou moins rudimentaires permettent ainsi aux « lavandières » de lessiver leur linge avec de l’eau propre et de l’essorer efficacement sur les bords inclinés du bassin en le frappant avec un battoir, puis de le faire sécher sur place si elles ne disposent pas d’assez de place chez elles. La…
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.