darracq
\da.ʁak\
The verdict
“darracq” 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) - Marteau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-darracq · darracq · French
darracq · 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 "D" 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 | darracq |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \da.ʁak\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « darracq » en français
Rare enough to double-check
darracq is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \da.ʁak\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Marteau.".
darracq doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is darracq, spelled D-A-R-R-A-C-Q.
Definition
- 1Marteau.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how darracq appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un instructeur m’avait particulièrement subjugué, celui de métaux légers, un choumac (Chaudronnier) hors pair, qui à partir d’une feuille de dural était capable, avec seulement un darracq (marteau) de façonner une sphère parfaite.
Non seulement ces moteurs ne sont pas fiables mais, en plus, certains tournent avec un bruit très caractéristique ressemblant au « pilonnage » d’un marteau sur une enclume d’où l’emploi de « darracq » pour désigner un marteau.
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.