bêchard
\be.ʃaʁ\
The verdict
“bêchard” 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) - Outil agricole, houe à deux branches larges et pointues. Dans le midi de la France, grosse pioche à plusieurs branches.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bechard · bêchard · French
bêchard · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" 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 | bêchard |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \be.ʃaʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
bêchard is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \be.ʃaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Outil agricole, houe à deux branches larges et pointues. Dans le midi de la France, grosse pioche à plusieurs branches.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bêchard, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is bêchard, spelled B-Ê-C-H-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1Outil agricole, houe à deux branches larges et pointues. Dans le midi de la France, grosse pioche à plusieurs branches.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bêchard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les mottes de terre éclataient sous les coups de bêchard.
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.