affouage

\a.fwaʒ\

/\a.fwaʒ\/ noun

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.

Key facts for affouage
PropertyValue
Headwordaffouage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.fwaʒ\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « affouage » en français

affouagereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Droit de prendre du bois dans une forêt communale.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On l’a vu, aux dernières séances du Conseil, s’efforcer résolument de réconcilier les deux partis dans les débats sur les affouages.
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "affouage"?
"affouage" is spelled A-F-F-O-U-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.fwaʒ\.
What does "affouage" mean?
As a noun, "affouage" means: Droit de prendre du bois dans une forêt communale.
How do you pronounce "affouage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "affouage" is \a.fwaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "affouage" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list