fauchon
\fo.ʃɔ̃\
The verdict
“fauchon” is uncommon French (frequency #81,153 among 137,178 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,153
- frequency rank, French
- 137,178
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sabre de taille moyenne, dont la poignée est protégée par une garde.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fauchon · fauchon · French
fauchon · rank #81,153 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,153
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 137,178
- PHOTO-FINISH Fassbinder
Nearest frequency peer: Fassbinder (-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 “fauchon”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- fart
fart
18,851 corpus weight
- fashionistas
fashionistas
18,850 corpus weight
- Fassbinder
Fassbinder
18,849 corpus weight
- fauchon
fauchon
18,848 corpus weight
- faussent
faussent
18,847 corpus weight
- FCs
FCs
18,846 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “fauchon” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fauchon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fo.ʃɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #81,153 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fauchon” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
fauchon is uncommon French at frequency #81,153 among 137,178 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fo.ʃɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for fauchon in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 fauchon, spelled F-A-U-C-H-O-N.
Definition
- 1Sabre de taille moyenne, dont la poignée est protégée par une garde.
- 2Petite faux pour couper les céréales, ou faux armée d’un râteau destiné à rabattre les tiges coupées vers la gauche du faucheur ou du moissonneur.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fauchon", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.