sonneur de cloches
\sɔ.nœʁ də klɔʃ\
The verdict
“sonneur de cloches” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui sonne les cloches.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sonneur-de-cloches · sonneur de cloches · French
sonneur de cloches · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | sonneur de cloches |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɔ.nœʁ də klɔʃ\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
sonneur de cloches is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɔ.nœʁ də klɔʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Celui qui sonne les cloches.".
sonneur de cloches doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is sonneur de cloches, spelled S-O-N-N-E-U-R- -D-E- -C-L-O-C-H-E-S.
Definition
- 1Celui qui sonne les cloches.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sonneur de cloches appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hervé Ricou, le sacriste, ou, comme on dit dans ce pays, le sonneur de cloches (ar c’hloc’hier), après nous avoir fait visiter l'église, nous conduisit à une ferme voisine qui, à l’occasion, se transforme en auberge.
Or, en 1482, Quasimodo avait grandi. Il était devenu, depuis plusieurs années, sonneur de cloches de Notre-Dame.
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.