aisseau
\ɛ.so\
The verdict
“aisseau” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit ais ou planche très mince en bois taillé de profil triangulaire qui sert à couvrir une toiture comme la tuile ou l’ardoise.
Corpus desk
Index FR-aisseau · aisseau · French
aisseau · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | aisseau |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ.so\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « aisseau » en français
Rare enough to double-check
aisseau is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ.so\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Petit ais ou planche très mince en bois taillé de profil triangulaire qui sert à couvrir une toiture comme la tuile ou l’ardoise.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for aisseau, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is aisseau, spelled A-I-S-S-E-A-U.
Definition
- 1Petit ais ou planche très mince en bois taillé de profil triangulaire qui sert à couvrir une toiture comme la tuile ou l’ardoise.
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.