faucheuse

\fo.ʃøz\

/\fo.ʃøz\/ noun

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The verdict

“faucheuse” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,652. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,652
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celle qui fauche (souvent dans un sens figuré).

Corpus desk

Index FR-faucheuse · faucheuse · French

faucheuse · rank #49,652 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #49,652
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fee

Nearest frequency peer: Fee (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « faucheuse »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « faucheuse » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

faucheuse vs fâcheuse
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for faucheuse
PropertyValue
Headwordfaucheuse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fo.ʃøz\
Letters9
Frequency rank#49,652
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « faucheuse »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).faucheusese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Fee » (#49,653), « factuelle » (#49,649), « filez » (#49,655). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « faucheuse » est au #49,652. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around faucheuse (IPA \fo.ʃøz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,652 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for faucheuse, with forms such as "afucheuse", "facuheuse", and "fauccheuse". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "fâcheuse", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 faucheuse, spelled F-A-U-C-H-E-U-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celle qui fauche (souvent dans un sens figuré).
  2. 2
    (Parfois avec une majuscule) Personnification de la mort.
  3. 3
    Machine destinée à couper les herbes des prairies.
  4. 4
    Nom vernaculaire des opilions, arachnides souvent confondus avec les araignées.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je vis cette faucheuse. Elle était dans son champ. Elle allait à grands pas moissonnant et fauchant, Noir squelette laissant passer le crépuscule.
  2. La misère est une faucheuse : elle moissonne en nous tout ce que nous avons d’aptitude au commerce de l’autre et nous laisse vides, lavés de sentiments, pour pouvoir endurer toute la noirceur du présent.

Synonyms

opilion

This word in other languages

scyther(English)segadora(Español)Mäherin(Deutsch)ceifeira(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • afucheuse
  • facuheuse
  • fauccheuse
  • faucehuse
  • fauchesue
  • faucheues
  • faucheusse
  • fauchheuse
  • fauchuese
  • fauhceuse
  • ffaucheuse
  • fuacheuse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of faucheuse - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

afucheuse2facuheuse2fauccheuse1faucehuse2fauchesue2faucheues2faucheusse1fauchheuse1
Edit distance from "faucheuse"

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 "faucheuse"?
"faucheuse" is spelled F-A-U-C-H-E-U-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fo.ʃøz\.
What does "faucheuse" mean?
As a noun, "faucheuse" means: Celle qui fauche (souvent dans un sens figuré).
What words are commonly confused with "faucheuse"?
"faucheuse" is commonly confused with "fâcheuse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "faucheuse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "faucheuse" is \fo.ʃøz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "faucheuse" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

factuelle#49,649excusable#49,645esperanza#49,639déplacera#49,620

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

formater12 variantsfreudienne12 variantsfémorale12 variantsgargouille12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list