fléchette
\fle.ʃɛt\
The verdict
“fléchette” is an uncommon French word, ranked #81,169 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #81,169
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Petite flèche.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fléchette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fle.ʃɛt\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #81,169 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fléchette” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for fléchette is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fle.ʃɛt\. Corpus data places it at rank #81,169 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for fléchette in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is fléchette, spelled F-L-É-C-H-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Petite flèche.
- 2Jeu d’adresse consistant à lancer manuellement ce type de projectiles vers une cible.
- 3Petites flèches métalliques lancées sur les ennemis par les avions.
- 4Dose de pot belge.
- 5Plus petite récompense dans l'épreuve de ski alpin de la flèche (slalom géant), organisée par l'école de ski français.
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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Using “fléchette”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-L-É-C-H-E-T-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fle.ʃɛt\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.