urinoir

\y.ʁi.nwaʁ\

/\y.ʁi.nwaʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“urinoir” is uncommon French (frequency #61,963 among 456 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,963
frequency rank, French
456
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Local disposé sur la voie publique, dans les gares, etc., pour uriner.

Corpus desk

Index FR-urinoir · urinoir · French

urinoir · rank #61,963 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,963
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 456
  • PHOTO-FINISH UNR

Nearest frequency peer: UNR (-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 « urinoir »

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 « urinoir » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for urinoir
PropertyValue
Headwordurinoir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\y.ʁi.nwaʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#61,963
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « urinoir » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).urinoirtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « UNR » (#61,962), « utopiques » (#61,964), « unissez » (#61,961). Parmi 456 lemmes en « U », « urinoir » est au #61,963. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

urinoir is uncommon French at frequency #61,963 among 456 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \y.ʁi.nwaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for urinoir, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is urinoir, spelled U-R-I-N-O-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Local disposé sur la voie publique, dans les gares, etc., pour uriner.
  2. 2
    Appareil sanitaire dans lequel les hommes et garçons urinent.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je me souviens qu’un jour à Paris, un Américain m’avait bien étonné en me parlant des « Picon ». Il croyait que c’était là le nom des urinoirs parce qu’à l’époque de grosses affiches publicitaires Picon ornaient ces édicules.
  2. De la même façon, le Tribunal des conflits eut à régler une affaire dans laquelle un maire avait fait enlever la grille en fer forgé entourant une église, afin d’installer un urinoir public contre l’édifice.

Synonyms

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 "urinoir"?
"urinoir" is spelled U-R-I-N-O-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \y.ʁi.nwaʁ\.
What does "urinoir" mean?
As a noun, "urinoir" means: Local disposé sur la voie publique, dans les gares, etc., pour uriner.
How do you pronounce "urinoir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "urinoir" is \y.ʁi.nwaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list