fourches patibulaires
\fuʁʃ pa.ti.by.lɛʁ\
The verdict
“fourches patibulaires” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de potence où l’on exposait les condamnés à mort après leur exécution.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fourches-patibulaires · fourches patibulaires · French
fourches patibulaires · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 21 letters
- VOW-9 9 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fourches patibulaires |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fuʁʃ pa.ti.by.lɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
fourches patibulaires is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fuʁʃ pa.ti.by.lɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sorte de potence où l’on exposait les condamnés à mort après leur exécution.".
No misspelling variants are generated for fourches patibulaires in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is fourches patibulaires, spelled F-O-U-R-C-H-E-S- -P-A-T-I-B-U-L-A-I-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Sorte de potence où l’on exposait les condamnés à mort après leur exécution.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fourches patibulaires appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Toute la Gaule est couverte de châteaux, et chaque château possède ses cachots et ses fourches patibulaires.
Le cadavre de Louis Mandrin, qui avait été roué vif à Valence le 26 mai 1755, fut ensuite exposé sur les fourches patibulaires à l’extérieur de la ville.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.