embauchoir
\ɑ̃.bo.ʃwaʁ\
The verdict
“embauchoir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instrument de bois ou de plastique en forme de pied dont on se sert pour élargir les chaussures ou pour empêcher qu’elles ne se déforment.
Corpus desk
Index FR-embauchoir · embauchoir · French
embauchoir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | embauchoir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.bo.ʃwaʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « embauchoir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
embauchoir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.bo.ʃwaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Instrument de bois ou de plastique en forme de pied dont on se sert pour élargir les chaussures ou pour empêcher qu’elles ne se déforment.".
embauchoir doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is embauchoir, spelled E-M-B-A-U-C-H-O-I-R.
Definition
- 1Instrument de bois ou de plastique en forme de pied dont on se sert pour élargir les chaussures ou pour empêcher qu’elles ne se déforment.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how embauchoir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ah ! Le bel embauchoir !
Pour conserver à vos chaussures leur aspect neuf, mettez des embauchoirs à l’intérieur quand vous ne les portez pas.
Synonyms
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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.