serre-joint
\sɛʁ ʒwɛ̃\
The verdict
“serre-joint” 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) - Outil utilisé dans le travail du bois et servant à tenir réunies des pièces destinées à être assemblées.
Corpus desk
Index FR-serre-joint · serre-joint · French
serre-joint · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | serre-joint |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɛʁ ʒwɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
serre-joint is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɛʁ ʒwɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for serre-joint in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is serre-joint, spelled S-E-R-R-E---J-O-I-N-T.
Definition
- 1Outil utilisé dans le travail du bois et servant à tenir réunies des pièces destinées à être assemblées.
- 2Outil utilisé pour assembler différentes pièces.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how serre-joint appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Autour de ses poignets et de ses chevilles, de vulgaires serre-joints attachés solidement.
Les maçons utilisent des serre-joints pour la réalisation de leurs coffrages.
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.