timonerie

\ti.mɔn.ʁi\

/\ti.mɔn.ʁi\/ noun

The verdict

“timonerie” is uncommon French (frequency #96,445 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,445
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fonction de timonier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-timonerie · timonerie · French

timonerie · rank #96,445 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,445
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH Tipasa

Nearest frequency peer: Tipasa (+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 « timonerie »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « timonerie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for timonerie
PropertyValue
Headwordtimonerie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ti.mɔn.ʁi\
Letters9
Frequency rank#96,445
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « timonerie » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).timonerietombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Tipasa » (#96,446), « tissa » (#96,447), « tilden » (#96,442). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « timonerie » est au #96,445. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

timonerie is uncommon French at frequency #96,445 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ti.mɔn.ʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for timonerie in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is timonerie, spelled T-I-M-O-N-E-R-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fonction de timonier.
  2. 2
    Endroit où se tiennent les timoniers.
  3. 3
    Assemblage articulé de tringles reliées par pivots, qui transmet un mouvement à une pièce mécanique.
  4. 4
    Poste de commande.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Quartier-maître de timonerie.
  2. Le premier en date, la timonerie, qui abrite les appareils de navigation, sera accessible « d’ici deux semaines », estime Véro Tissier, coordinatrice du chantier.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "timonerie"?
"timonerie" is spelled T-I-M-O-N-E-R-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ti.mɔn.ʁi\.
What does "timonerie" mean?
As a noun, "timonerie" means: Fonction de timonier.
How do you pronounce "timonerie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "timonerie" is \ti.mɔn.ʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "timonerie" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list