échafaud
\e.ʃa.fo\
The verdict
“échafaud” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #38,611 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #38,611
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Assemblage de pièces de bois, qui forme une sorte d'estrade sur laquelle les ouvriers montent pour travailler dans les parties élevées ou difficiles d'accès d’une construction.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | échafaud |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.ʃa.fo\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #38,611 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “échafaud” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for échafaud is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \e.ʃa.fo\. Corpus data places it at rank #38,611 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for échafaud, with forms such as "céhafaud", "echafaud", and "écahfaud". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is échafaud, spelled É-C-H-A-F-A-U-D.
Definition
- 1Assemblage de pièces de bois, qui forme une sorte d'estrade sur laquelle les ouvriers montent pour travailler dans les parties élevées ou difficiles d'accès d’une construction.
- 2Ouvrages de charpenterie, élevés ordinairement par degrés, en forme d’amphithéâtre, pour voir plus commodément des cérémonies publiques ou d’autres spectacles.
- 3Sorte de plancher qu’on élève pour l’exécution des criminels et qui, dans certains pays, sert encore à leur exposition.
- 4Structure en bois utilisée à Terre-Neuve et à St Pierre et Miquelon pour faire sécher les morues en plein air. Chafaud.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: céhafaud,echafaud,écahfaud,écchafaud,échaafud,échafadu,échafaudd,échaffaud,échafuad,échfaaud,échhafaud,éhcafaud
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of échafaud - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “échafaud”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is É-C-H-A-F-A-U-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \e.ʃa.fo\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.