fauchée

\fo.ʃe\

/\fo.ʃe\/ noun

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The verdict

“fauchée” is uncommon French (frequency #51,464 among 137,178 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,464
frequency rank, French
137,178
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de faucher ; résultat de cette action.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fauchee · fauchée · French

fauchée · rank #51,464 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,464
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 137,178
  • PHOTO-FINISH exubérante

Nearest frequency peer: exubérante (-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 “fauchée”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “fauchée” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for fauchée
PropertyValue
Headwordfauchée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fo.ʃe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#51,464
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “fauchée” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). fauchée lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fauchée is uncommon French at frequency #51,464 among 137,178 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fo.ʃe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for fauchée, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is fauchée, spelled F-A-U-C-H-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de faucher ; résultat de cette action.
  2. 2
    Surface de terrain qu’un faucheur pouvait couper de foin ou d’herbe dans un jour, ou sans affiler sa faux, ou ce qu’il doit faucher pour un prix fait.
  3. 3
    Bande de terrain observée dont l'axe est parallèle à la trace du véhicule spatial ou aérien.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mathilde ramassa un des râteaux et se mit à rassembler l’herbe couchée en un tas, prenant soin que son coup de râteau ramasse les tiges perpendiculairement à la fauchée de Jean pour ordonner le tas en fibres parallèles.
  2. Son fief de Portieux avec ses jours de terres et ses fauchées de prés lui furent retirées; on le dépouilla du fief de Magnenville, […]

Synonyms

couloir exploré

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fauchée"?
"fauchée" is spelled F-A-U-C-H-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fo.ʃe\.
What does "fauchée" mean?
As a noun, "fauchée" means: Action de faucher ; résultat de cette action.
How do you pronounce "fauchée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fauchée" is \fo.ʃe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fauchée" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list