à fourchon
\a fuʁ.ʃɔ̃\
The verdict
“à fourchon” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de à califourchon.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-fourchon · à fourchon · French
à fourchon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "À" 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 | à fourchon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a fuʁ.ʃɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
à fourchon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a fuʁ.ʃɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de à califourchon.".
à fourchon has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is à fourchon, spelled À- -F-O-U-R-C-H-O-N.
Definition
- 1Variante de à califourchon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how à fourchon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Julius humecta de nouveau son mouchoir, s’assit dans un fauteuil ; en face de lui, Lafcadio se mit à fourchon sur une chaise.
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.