quincailler
\kɛ̃.ka.je\
The verdict
“quincailler” 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) - Celui qui tient un commerce de quincaillerie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-quincailler · quincailler · French
quincailler · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Q" 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 | quincailler |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɛ̃.ka.je\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
quincailler is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɛ̃.ka.je\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Celui qui tient un commerce de quincaillerie.".
quincailler doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is quincailler, spelled Q-U-I-N-C-A-I-L-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Celui qui tient un commerce de quincaillerie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how quincailler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une boutique de quincailler.
Je sais qu’il y a eu une enquête de police, mais le quincailler n’a jamais été condamné.
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.