ramoner
\ʁa.mɔ.ne\
The verdict
“ramoner” is uncommon French (frequency #77,846 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,846
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nettoyer le tuyau d’une cheminée, en faire tomber la suie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ramoner · ramoner · French
ramoner · rank #77,846 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,846
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH ramage
Nearest frequency peer: ramage (-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 « ramoner »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- rabattus
rabattus
22,159 corpus weight
- raisonnés
raisonnés
22,157 corpus weight
- ramage
ramage
22,156 corpus weight
- ramoner
ramoner
22,155 corpus weight
- rature
rature
22,154 corpus weight
- reale
reale
22,152 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ramoner » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ramoner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁa.mɔ.ne\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #77,846 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ramoner » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ramoner is uncommon French at frequency #77,846 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁa.mɔ.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ramoner, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is ramoner, spelled R-A-M-O-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Nettoyer le tuyau d’une cheminée, en faire tomber la suie.
- 2Réprimander fortement, passer un savon.
- 3Avoir une relation sexuelle ; faire l’amour.
- 4Avoir une relation sexuelle ; faire l’amour.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ramoner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ramoner la cheminée.
Mon père ramonait les canons de son fusil, et de temps à autre les portait à son œil comme pour examiner le ciel, qui était parfaitement pur.
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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