Asche
\ˈaʃə\
The verdict
“Asche” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cendre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-asche · Asche · French
Asche · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Asche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈaʃə\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Asche is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈaʃə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Asche, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Asche, spelled A-S-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Cendre.
- 2Argent. (moyen de paiement)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Asche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es verbrannte zu Asche.
Bei einem Ausbruch des Vulkans White Island starben 22 Menschen. (Premierministerin) Ardern war dort, umarmte die Überlebenden und tröstete jene, die ihre Liebsten in heißer Asche und glühender Lava verloren hatten.
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.