avachi

\a.va.ʃi\

/\a.va.ʃi\/ adj

The verdict

“avachi” is uncommon French (frequency #87,341 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,341
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mou ; sans vigueur ; incapable de faire un effort.

Corpus desk

Index FR-avachi · avachi · French

avachi · rank #87,341 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,341
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH autonomies

Nearest frequency peer: autonomies (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « avachi »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « avachi » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for avachi
PropertyValue
Headwordavachi
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\a.va.ʃi\
Letters6
Frequency rank#87,341
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « avachi » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).avachitombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « autonomies » (#87,340), « avanti » (#87,342), « autoformation » (#87,339). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « avachi » est au #87,341. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

avachi is uncommon French at frequency #87,341 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.va.ʃi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

avachi has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is avachi, spelled A-V-A-C-H-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mou ; sans vigueur ; incapable de faire un effort.
  2. 2
    Déformé, en parlant d'un vêtement ou d'une chaussure.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Et au fond du cœur de tous ces misérables soldats, dont les feux sinistres du camp éclairaient les figures amaigries et les dos avachis, une même espérance régnait, l’espérance de la bataille prochaine, c’est-à-dire la fuite, la crosse en l’air et la forteresse allemande.
  2. Léon-Louis Larose avait d’abord affiché une certitude triomphante. Enfin ! cette nation française avachie dans la paix, la guerre allait lui rendre les grandes vertus humaines de la conquête !

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "avachi"?
"avachi" is spelled A-V-A-C-H-I. The IPA pronunciation is \a.va.ʃi\.
What does "avachi" mean?
As an adjective, "avachi" means: Mou ; sans vigueur ; incapable de faire un effort.
How do you pronounce "avachi"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "avachi" is \a.va.ʃi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "avachi" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "avachi", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list