bois de chauffage
\bwa də ʃo.faʒ\
The verdict
“bois de chauffage” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bois destiné à être brûlé pour le chauffage d’une habitation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bois-de-chauffage · bois de chauffage · French
bois de chauffage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | bois de chauffage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bwa də ʃo.faʒ\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
bois de chauffage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bwa də ʃo.faʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bois destiné à être brûlé pour le chauffage d’une habitation.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bois de chauffage, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is bois de chauffage, spelled B-O-I-S- -D-E- -C-H-A-U-F-F-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Bois destiné à être brûlé pour le chauffage d’une habitation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bois de chauffage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il n'était plus exilé dans la petite maison en ruines du Rialto, réduit à transporter du bois de chauffage dans sa gondole rapiécée, en danger perpétuel de pécher seul par la faute des rouées qui ne sont même pas encore filles mais qui coquinent comme si elles l'étaient.
Cela peut donc ensuite servir de bois de chauffage, d’agro-carburant ou encore de matériau de construction.
This word in other languages
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.