serrurier

\se.ʁy.ʁje\

/\se.ʁy.ʁje\/ noun

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The verdict

“serrurier” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,093. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,093
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui fabrique des serrures et divers autres ouvrages de fer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-serrurier · serrurier · French

serrurier · rank #22,093 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,093
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sentis

Nearest frequency peer: sentis (-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 « serrurier »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « serrurier » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

serrurier vs serrure
78% similar
serrurier vs serrures
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for serrurier
PropertyValue
Headwordserrurier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\se.ʁy.ʁje\
Letters9
Frequency rank#22,093
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « serrurier »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.serrurierse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « sentis » (#22,092), « seven » (#22,094), « seller » (#22,091). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « serrurier » est au #22,093. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around serrurier (IPA \se.ʁy.ʁje\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,093 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for serrurier, with forms such as "esrrurier", "serrruier", and "serruirer". 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. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "serrure", "serrures", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is serrurier, spelled S-E-R-R-U-R-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui qui fabrique des serrures et divers autres ouvrages de fer.
  2. 2
    Surnom de la mésange charbonnière.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On voit par le statut ici reproduit que les maréchaux, les férons, les serruriers et les taillandiers formaient, à Abbeville, une seule corporation industrielle et une même confrérie religieuse sous l’invocation de saint Eloy ; […].
  2. Un serrurier fut requis, et on monta au premier étage. Après quelques difficultés, le pêne joua dans la serrure ; mais la porte me s’ouvrit pas. — Fermée en dedans, dit l’inspecteur, bien !

This word in other languages

locksmith(English)cerrajero(Español)Schlosser(Deutsch)chaveiro(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esrrurier
  • serrruier
  • serruirer
  • serrureir
  • serrurierr
  • serrurire
  • serrurrier
  • serurier
  • serurrier
  • srerurier
  • sserrurier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

esrrurier2serrruier2serruirer2serrureir2serrurierr1serrurire2serrurrier1serurier1
Edit distance from "serrurier"

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 "serrurier"?
"serrurier" is spelled S-E-R-R-U-R-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \se.ʁy.ʁje\.
What does "serrurier" mean?
As a noun, "serrurier" means: Celui qui fabrique des serrures et divers autres ouvrages de fer.
What words are commonly confused with "serrurier"?
"serrurier" is commonly confused with "serrure", "serrures". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "serrurier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "serrurier" is \se.ʁy.ʁje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "serrurier" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

suivaient#22,107sédiments#22,109reprenait#22,071Théophile#22,119

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

sociable11 variantsrepérés11 variantstampons11 variantsrentrez11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list