clé à fourche
\kle a fuʁʃ\
The verdict
“clé à fourche” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - → voir clé plate
Corpus desk
Index FR-cle-a-fourche · clé à fourche · French
clé à fourche · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 | clé à fourche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kle a fuʁʃ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « clé à fourche » en français
Rare enough to double-check
clé à fourche is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kle a fuʁʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "→ voir clé plate".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for clé à fourche, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is clé à fourche, spelled C-L-É- -À- -F-O-U-R-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1→ voir clé plate
Synonyms
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.