ramier
\ʁa.mje\
The verdict
“ramier” is uncommon French (frequency #85,193 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,193
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gros pigeon sauvage qui niche sur les arbres.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ramier · ramier · French
ramier · rank #85,193 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,193
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH rajoutera
Nearest frequency peer: rajoutera (-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 « ramier »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- rafraîchie
rafraîchie
14,811 corpus weight
- ragga
ragga
14,810 corpus weight
- rajoutera
rajoutera
14,809 corpus weight
- ramier
ramier
14,808 corpus weight
- ramollis
ramollis
14,807 corpus weight
- Ramond
Ramond
14,806 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ramier » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ramier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁa.mje\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #85,193 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ramier » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ramier is uncommon French at frequency #85,193 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁa.mje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
ramier has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is ramier, spelled R-A-M-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Gros pigeon sauvage qui niche sur les arbres.
- 2Gros tas de branches destinées à être mise en fagot.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ramier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un ramier s’échappait des cimes, de petits oiseaux gazouillaient une timide chanson d’automne.
J’appris qu’il était d’autres joies que celles d’épier sous un arbre l’approche d’un ramier ou de placer le soir sur un passage dans les taillis d’invisibles lacets.
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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