échancrure
\e.ʃɑ̃.kʁyʁ\
The verdict
“échancrure” is uncommon French (frequency #81,707 among 40,273 “É” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,707
- frequency rank, French
- 40,273
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Coupure en forme de demi-cercle, de V ou de croissant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-echancrure · échancrure · French
échancrure · rank #81,707 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,707
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 40,273
- PHOTO-FINISH zététique
Nearest frequency peer: zététique (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “échancrure”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Zohar
Zohar
18,297 corpus weight
- Zooey
Zooey
18,296 corpus weight
- zététique
zététique
18,295 corpus weight
- échancrure
échancrure
18,294 corpus weight
- échanson
échanson
18,293 corpus weight
- éclatez
éclatez
18,292 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “échancrure” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | échancrure |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.ʃɑ̃.kʁyʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #81,707 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “échancrure” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
échancrure is uncommon French at frequency #81,707 among 40,273 “É” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.ʃɑ̃.kʁyʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for échancrure in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 échancrure, spelled É-C-H-A-N-C-R-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1Coupure en forme de demi-cercle, de V ou de croissant.
- 2Petite ouverture tombante dans un vêtement.
- 3Entaille naturelle ou découpage naturel.
- 4Entaille ou découpage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how échancrure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Très attendrie, le cœur chagrin, Clotilde, qui l’avait gardé sur ses genoux, le remit sur la banquette, lorsqu’elle s’aperçut qu’il essayait de glisser la main par l’échancrure de son corsage, dans une poussée précoce et instinctive de petit animal vicieux.
Il se leva tout à fait, passa la main entre l’échancrure de son gilet et le plastron de sa chemise qui godait, tira les revers de son habit, et s’assura que le nœud de sa cravate n’avait pas été dérangé.
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); 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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "échancrure", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.