affouage
\a.fwaʒ\
The verdict
“affouage” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Droit de prendre du bois dans une forêt communale.
Corpus desk
Index FR-affouage · affouage · French
affouage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | affouage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.fwaʒ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « affouage » en français
Rare enough to double-check
affouage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.fwaʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Droit de prendre du bois dans une forêt communale.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for affouage, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is affouage, spelled A-F-F-O-U-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Droit de prendre du bois dans une forêt communale.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how affouage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On l’a vu, aux dernières séances du Conseil, s’efforcer résolument de réconcilier les deux partis dans les débats sur les affouages.
D’autres fois, nous partions pour les affouages (ce sont les parcelles de bois que chaque année les paysans se répartissent au sort). Nous entendions de loin les coups de cognée retentir dans la coupe.
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.