échauffourée
\e.ʃo.fu.ʁe\
The verdict
“échauffourée” is uncommon French (frequency #70,327 among 40,273 “É” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,327
- frequency rank, French
- 40,273
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Entreprise mal concertée, malheureuse contre des ennemis privés ou publics.
Corpus desk
Index FR-echauffouree · échauffourée · French
échauffourée · rank #70,327 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,327
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 40,273
- PHOTO-FINISH échaudé
Nearest frequency peer: échaudé (-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 “échauffourée”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- zor
zor
29,678 corpus weight
- zozos
zozos
29,677 corpus weight
- ébénistes
ébénistes
29,676 corpus weight
- échaudé
échaudé
29,675 corpus weight
- échauffourée
échauffourée
29,674 corpus weight
- économisant
économisant
29,672 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “échauffourée” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | échauffourée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.ʃo.fu.ʁe\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #70,327 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “échauffourée” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
échauffourée is uncommon French at frequency #70,327 among 40,273 “É” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.ʃo.fu.ʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for échauffourée in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is échauffourée, spelled É-C-H-A-U-F-F-O-U-R-É-E.
Definition
- 1Entreprise mal concertée, malheureuse contre des ennemis privés ou publics.
- 2Petit combat.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how échauffourée appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Compromis dans je ne sais quelle échauffourée de la jeunesse républicaine, il laisse ses compagnons poursuivre seuls la lutte qu’ils mènent courageusement contre le régime impérial. Lui part pour l’Amérique.
Emmenez ce bavard ! dit Front-de-Bœuf ; enfermez-le dans la chapelle ; il dira son rosaire jusqu’à la fin de cette échauffourée.
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 "échauffourée", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 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.