derche

\dɛʁʃ\

/\dɛʁʃ\/ noun

The verdict

“derche” is uncommon French (frequency #75,586 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,586
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Postérieur, arrière-train. → voir croupe, croupion, cul, derjo, fesses, fessier, fondement, pétard, popotin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-derche · derche · French

derche · rank #75,586 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,586
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH Desharnais

Nearest frequency peer: Desharnais (+1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « derche »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « derche » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for derche
PropertyValue
Headwordderche
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dɛʁʃ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#75,586
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « derche » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).derchetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Desharnais » (#75,587), « Despentes » (#75,588), « Desplechin » (#75,589). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « derche » est au #75,586. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

derche is uncommon French at frequency #75,586 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \dɛʁʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Postérieur, arrière-train. → voir croupe, croupion, cul, derjo, fesses, fessier, fondement, pétard, popotin.".

Zero misspellings are on record for derche in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is derche, spelled D-E-R-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Postérieur, arrière-train. → voir croupe, croupion, cul, derjo, fesses, fessier, fondement, pétard, popotin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how derche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Huit stalles, avec huit gars en rang d’oignon, bien assis, le derche au vent, et qui se concentraient, ou lisaient le feuilleton, ou conversaient de box à box.
  2. Se dessina au fil de son imagination une galerie de fesses à la blancheur douteuse, de trous de balle hémorroïdaires, de derches de fiotes, de popotins pratiques, de croupes rétives, de derrières voluptueux, de raies au parfum de crevettes avariées.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "derche"?
"derche" is spelled D-E-R-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is \dɛʁʃ\.
What does "derche" mean?
As a noun, "derche" means: Postérieur, arrière-train. → voir croupe, croupion, cul, derjo, fesses, fessier, fondement, pétard, popotin.
How do you pronounce "derche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "derche" is \dɛʁʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "derche" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "derche", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list