gauchère

\ɡo.ʃɛʁ\

/\ɡo.ʃɛʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“gauchère” is uncommon French (frequency #67,543 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,543
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui se sert habilement de la main gauche.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gauchere · gauchère · French

gauchère · rank #67,543 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,543
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH Garnett

Nearest frequency peer: Garnett (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « gauchère »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « gauchère » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gauchère
PropertyValue
Headwordgauchère
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡo.ʃɛʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#67,543
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « gauchère » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).gauchèretombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Garnett » (#67,542), « Genlis » (#67,544), « gargouilles » (#67,541). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gauchère » est au #67,543. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gauchère is uncommon French at frequency #67,543 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡo.ʃɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne qui se sert habilement de la main gauche.".

gauchère doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is gauchère, spelled G-A-U-C-H-È-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne qui se sert habilement de la main gauche.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. On a découvert subitement une gauchère à la volée superbe, au service-volée impressionnant et au smash dévastateur.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gauchère"?
"gauchère" is spelled G-A-U-C-H-È-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡo.ʃɛʁ\.
What does "gauchère" mean?
As a noun, "gauchère" means: Personne qui se sert habilement de la main gauche.
How do you pronounce "gauchère"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gauchère" is \ɡo.ʃɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gauchère" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list