chalach
\ʃa.laʃ\
The verdict
“chalach” 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) - Bâtiment de construction légère, servant de logement provisoire aux gardiens de troupeaux, semblable à un chalet d’alpage.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chalach · chalach · French
chalach · 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 "C" 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 | chalach |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃa.laʃ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chalach » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chalach is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃa.laʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bâtiment de construction légère, servant de logement provisoire aux gardiens de troupeaux, semblable à un chalet d’alpage.".
No misspelling variants are generated for chalach in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is chalach, spelled C-H-A-L-A-C-H.
Definition
- 1Bâtiment de construction légère, servant de logement provisoire aux gardiens de troupeaux, semblable à un chalet d’alpage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chalach appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le soir, nous dételions les chevaux, nous nous réunissions au chalach et nous attendions que la cuisinière eût cuit la nourriture, mais Danïiar escaladait la « butte de sentinelle » et y demeurait jusqu’à la nuit tombée.
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.