quincaillerie

\kɛ̃.kaj.ʁi\

/\kɛ̃.kaj.ʁi\/ noun

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The verdict

“quincaillerie” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,927. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,927
frequency rank, French
352
“Q” headwords
16
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fabrique, commerce de quincaille, magasin où l'on vend des outils, des vis, boulons, clous, produits métallurgiques, serrures, charnières, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-quincaillerie · quincaillerie · French

quincaillerie · rank #27,927 · 16 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,927
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 352
  • PHOTO-FINISH raccourcir

Nearest frequency peer: raccourcir (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « quincaillerie »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « quincaillerie » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for quincaillerie
PropertyValue
Headwordquincaillerie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɛ̃.kaj.ʁi\
Letters13
Frequency rank#27,927
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « quincaillerie »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).quincailleriese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « raccourcir » (#27,928), « périlleuse » (#27,925), « rallie » (#27,929). Parmi 352 lemmes en « Q », « quincaillerie » est au #27,927. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around quincaillerie (IPA \kɛ̃.kaj.ʁi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,927 among 352 “Q” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for quincaillerie, with forms such as "qiuncaillerie", "qquincaillerie", and "quicnaillerie". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 quincaillerie, spelled Q-U-I-N-C-A-I-L-L-E-R-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fabrique, commerce de quincaille, magasin où l'on vend des outils, des vis, boulons, clous, produits métallurgiques, serrures, charnières, etc.
  2. 2
    La quincaille elle-même.
  3. 3
    Ensemble hétéroclite de choses inutiles.
  4. 4
    Armes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how quincaillerie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. M. Hippolyte Brichet était ferronnier à Levrézy avant d'installer une modeste pension pour les ouvriers qui lui laissait le temps de s'adonner à un petit commerce de quincaillerie pour une clientèle strictement locale.
  2. Le capitaine les engagea pour ramer dans nos embarcations, promettant de les payer à quatre livres sterling par mois, en coutellerie, verroterie, quincaillerie, etc., évaluées à un taux fixé ; ….

This word in other languages

ironmonger(English)ferretería(Español)Baumarkt(Deutsch)ferramenta(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • qiuncaillerie
  • qquincaillerie
  • quicnaillerie
  • quinacillerie
  • quincailelrie
  • quincailerie
  • quincailleire
  • quincaillerei
  • quincaillerrie
  • quincaillreie
  • quincalilerie
  • quinccaillerie
  • quinciallerie
  • quinncaillerie
  • qunicaillerie
  • uqincaillerie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of quincaillerie - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

qiuncaillerie2qquincaillerie1quicnaillerie2quinacillerie2quincailelrie2quincailerie1quincailleire2quincaillerei2
Edit distance from "quincaillerie"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "quincaillerie"?
"quincaillerie" is spelled Q-U-I-N-C-A-I-L-L-E-R-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɛ̃.kaj.ʁi\.
What does "quincaillerie" mean?
As a noun, "quincaillerie" means: Fabrique, commerce de quincaille, magasin où l'on vend des outils, des vis, boulons, clous, produits métallurgiques, serrures, charnières, etc.
What are common misspellings of "quincaillerie"?
Common misspellings include "qiuncaillerie", "qquincaillerie", "quicnaillerie", "quinacillerie", "quincailelrie". The correct spelling is "quincaillerie".
How do you pronounce "quincaillerie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quincaillerie" is \kɛ̃.kaj.ʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quincaillerie" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "quincaillerie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

mandataires16 variantstendrement16 variantstransgenre16 variantstraçabilité16 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list