déchaux
\de.ʃo\
The verdict
“déchaux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Déchaussé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dechaux · déchaux · French
déchaux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | déchaux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \de.ʃo\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « déchaux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
déchaux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \de.ʃo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for déchaux in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is déchaux, spelled D-É-C-H-A-U-X.
Definition
- 1Déchaussé.
- 2Caractérise des moines et carmélites déchaussées qui marchent pieds nus dans des sandales.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how déchaux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pendant notre déjeuner survint une troupe d’étudiants en tournée ; ils étaient quatre et ressemblaient plus à des modèles de Ribera ou de Murillo qu’à des élèves en théologie, tant ils étaient déguenillés, déchaux et malpropres.
Sans se demander comment elle s'en irait, pieds déchaux dans les roches.
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.