drêche
\dʁɛʃ\
The verdict
“drêche” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Résidu des grains de céréale, maltés ou non, après extraction de l'amidon contenu dans l'endosperme, durant le brassage de bière.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dreche · drêche · French
drêche · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | drêche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dʁɛʃ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « drêche » en français
Rare enough to double-check
drêche is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dʁɛʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for drêche in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 drêche, spelled D-R-Ê-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Résidu des grains de céréale, maltés ou non, après extraction de l'amidon contenu dans l'endosperme, durant le brassage de bière.
- 2Résidus de céréales.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how drêche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’idée est de récupérer le marc du café et la drêche de bière habituellement envoyés par tonnes dans les sites d’enfouissement pour en faire des matériaux et des objets durables.
En alimentant avec de la drèche nous obtenons une production nette totale intéressante, mais la production nette marchande est souvent très réduite.
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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.