hache-paille
\aʃ.paːj\
The verdict
“hache-paille” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instrument d'agriculture qui a pour objet de réduire la paille destinée à la nourriture des animaux domestiques en fragments d'une préhension et d'une digestion plus faciles que celles de la paille...
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Index FR-hache-paille · hache-paille · French
hache-paille · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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-paille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \aʃ.paːj\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
hache-paille is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \aʃ.paːj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Instrument d'agriculture qui a pour objet de réduire la paille destinée à la nourriture des animaux domestiques en fragments d'une préhension et d'une digestion plus faciles que celles de la paille...".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for hache-paille, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is hache-paille, spelled H-A-C-H-E---P-A-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Instrument d'agriculture qui a pour objet de réduire la paille destinée à la nourriture des animaux domestiques en fragments d'une préhension et d'une digestion plus faciles que celles de la paille entière.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hache-paille appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Plus loin, sous le toit du hangar, qui s’avançait en auvent jusqu’à douze pieds du sol, étaient entassés pêle-mêle les herses, les charrues, le hache-paille, les scies et les échelles.
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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.