bêchoir
\bɛ.ʃwaʁ\
The verdict
“bêchoir” 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) - Houe carrée à large fer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bechoir · bêchoir · French
bêchoir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | bêchoir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɛ.ʃwaʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bêchoir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bêchoir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɛ.ʃwaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Houe carrée à large fer.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for bêchoir, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is bêchoir, spelled B-Ê-C-H-O-I-R.
Definition
- 1Houe carrée à large fer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bêchoir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un cultivateur avait égaré son bêchoir pendant qu’il creusait un fossé dans ses vignes.
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.