hache de Damoclès
\aʃ də da.mɔ.kles\
The verdict
“hache de Damoclès” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Épée de Damoclès.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hache-de-damocles · hache de Damoclès · French
hache de Damoclès · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" 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 | hache de Damoclès |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \aʃ də da.mɔ.kles\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hache de Damoclès” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hache de Damoclès is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \aʃ də da.mɔ.kles\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Épée de Damoclès.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hache de Damoclès, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is hache de Damoclès, spelled H-A-C-H-E- -D-E- -D-A-M-O-C-L-È-S.
Definition
- 1Épée de Damoclès.
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