fastoche

\fas.tɔʃ\

/\fas.tɔʃ\/ adj

The verdict

“fastoche” is uncommon French (frequency #66,731 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,731
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Facile.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fastoche · fastoche · French

fastoche · rank #66,731 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,731
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH feignants

Nearest frequency peer: feignants (+2 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 « fastoche »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « fastoche » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fastoche
PropertyValue
Headwordfastoche
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fas.tɔʃ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#66,731
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « fastoche » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.fastochetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « feignants » (#66,733), « exemptées » (#66,728), « ferre » (#66,734). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fastoche » est au #66,731. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fastoche is uncommon French at frequency #66,731 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fas.tɔʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Facile.".

No misspelling variants are generated for fastoche in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is fastoche, spelled F-A-S-T-O-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Facile.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how fastoche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le dadais, Béru pige que ça va être fastoche de le protéger.
  2. T'as essayé d'apprendre à marcher à quelqu'un qui ne saurait pas ? « Tu vois, c'est pas dur, tu mets un pied devant l'autre, le gauche, puis le droit, puis le gauche. C'est fastoche » Sauf qu'en vrai, c'est pas fastoche du tout, et qu'on sait marcher parce qu'on a toujours su.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fastoche"?
"fastoche" is spelled F-A-S-T-O-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fas.tɔʃ\.
What does "fastoche" mean?
As an adjective, "fastoche" means: Facile.
How do you pronounce "fastoche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fastoche" is \fas.tɔʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fastoche" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fastoche", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list