accroche-bas
\a.kʁɔʃ ba\
The verdict
“accroche-bas” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jarretelle
Corpus desk
Index FR-accroche-bas · accroche-bas · French
accroche-bas · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | accroche-bas |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.kʁɔʃ ba\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
accroche-bas is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.kʁɔʃ ba\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Jarretelle".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for accroche-bas, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is accroche-bas, spelled A-C-C-R-O-C-H-E---B-A-S.
Definition
- 1Jarretelle
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how accroche-bas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
13 août 1940 – Ma jupe, un peu relevée, laisse voir l’immonde accroche-bas.
Synonyms
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.