accrobranche
\a.kʁɔ.bʁɑ̃ʃ\
The verdict
“accrobranche” is uncommon French (frequency #67,253 among 424,905 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,253
- frequency rank, French
- 424,905
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Activité de plein air nomade et temporaire consistant à grimper directement sur les branches des arbres jusqu’à leur cime tout en étant assuré par une corde, comme en escalade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | accrobranche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.kʁɔ.bʁɑ̃ʃ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #67,253 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “accrobranche” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
accrobranche is uncommon French at frequency #67,253 among 424,905 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.kʁɔ.bʁɑ̃ʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
accrobranche doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is accrobranche, spelled A-C-C-R-O-B-R-A-N-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Activité de plein air nomade et temporaire consistant à grimper directement sur les branches des arbres jusqu’à leur cime tout en étant assuré par une corde, comme en escalade.
- 2Parcours aventure qui consiste à se déplacer dans un parc d’attractions forestier en suivant un câble d’acier de sécurité.
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.
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Using “accrobranche”
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- The one correct French spelling is A-C-C-R-O-B-R-A-N-C-H-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.