étancher
\e.tɑ̃.ʃe\
The verdict
“étancher” is uncommon French (frequency #61,249 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,249
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arrêter un liquide qui s’écoule.
Corpus desk
Index FR-etancher · étancher · French
étancher · rank #61,249 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,249
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH éradiquée
Nearest frequency peer: éradiquée (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « étancher »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- épancher
épancher
38,755 corpus weight
- éphémérides
éphémérides
38,754 corpus weight
- éradiquée
éradiquée
38,753 corpus weight
- étancher
étancher
38,752 corpus weight
- éternuement
éternuement
38,751 corpus weight
- étirent
étirent
38,750 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « étancher » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | étancher |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.tɑ̃.ʃe\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #61,249 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « étancher » en français
Rare enough to double-check
étancher is uncommon French at frequency #61,249 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \e.tɑ̃.ʃe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
étancher doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented 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 étancher, spelled É-T-A-N-C-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1Arrêter un liquide qui s’écoule.
- 2Rendre étanche.
- 3Apaiser, en parlant de la soif.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how étancher appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Gillonne, avec un linge imbibé d’eau fraîche, étancha le sang qui s’échappait de l’épaule et de la poitrine du jeune homme, […].
— Laissez, dit-elle au bout d’un moment. Vous ne savez pas étancher. Donnez-moi la serpillière. Ensuite, vous la tordrez, si vous voulez, avec vos grandes mains.
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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