frâcher
\fʁɑ.ʃe\
The verdict
“frâcher” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Froisser, plier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fracher · frâcher · French
frâcher · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | frâcher |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fʁɑ.ʃe\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « frâcher » en français
Rare enough to double-check
frâcher is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fʁɑ.ʃe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Froisser, plier.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for frâcher, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 frâcher, spelled F-R-Â-C-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1Froisser, plier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how frâcher appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est au moment où, accroupi devant le brasier où nous cassions la croûte, que nous avions ce dialogue, et à peine le Vieux avait-il fini sa phrase qu’un fracas de branches éclatait à moins de trente mètres de notre campement et qu’une bande de sangliers, des ragots de deux ans, traversait la coupe en frâchant tout sur son passage.
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.