chauche-branche
\ʃoʃ.bʁɑ̃ʃ\
The verdict
“chauche-branche” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Levier pour soulever des charges lourdes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chauche-branche · chauche-branche · French
chauche-branche · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | chauche-branche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃoʃ.bʁɑ̃ʃ\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chauche-branche » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chauche-branche is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃoʃ.bʁɑ̃ʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for chauche-branche in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is chauche-branche, spelled C-H-A-U-C-H-E---B-R-A-N-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Levier pour soulever des charges lourdes.
- 2(Sologne) Engoulevent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chauche-branche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les engoulevents se perchent rarement, et lorsque cela leur arrive, non en travers comme les autres oiseaux, mais longitudinalement sur la branche qu’ils semblent chocher ou cocher, comme le coq fait de la poule, et de là, le nom de chauche-branche qu’on donne à cet oiseau en Sologne.
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.