hacher

^((h aspiré))\a.ʃe\

/^((h aspiré))\a.ʃe\/ verb

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The verdict

“hacher” is uncommon French (frequency #60,067 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,067
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Couper en petits morceaux, avec un instrument tranchant (couteau, hachoir, mixeur…).

Corpus desk

Index FR-hacher · hacher · French

hacher · rank #60,067 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,067
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH habitus

Nearest frequency peer: habitus (-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 « hacher »

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 « hacher » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hacher
PropertyValue
Headwordhacher
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA^((h aspiré))\a.ʃe\
Letters6
Frequency rank#60,067
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « hacher » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).hachertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « habitus » (#60,066), « hak » (#60,068), « Günter » (#60,065). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hacher » est au #60,067. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hacher is uncommon French at frequency #60,067 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\a.ʃe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

hacher doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is hacher, spelled H-A-C-H-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Couper en petits morceaux, avec un instrument tranchant (couteau, hachoir, mixeur…).
  2. 2
    Taillader, couvrir d’entailles avec un instrument tranchant.
  3. 3
    Couper avec maladresse.
  4. 4
    Mettre en pièces, détruire, ravager.
  5. 5
    Fendre à la hache.
  6. 6
    Interrompre de façon répétée, couper.
  7. 7
    Faire des traits qui se croisent les uns les autres.
  8. 8
    Rayer, barrer, raturer.
  9. 9
    Obtenir une version codée en utilisant une fonction de hachage.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Avant de servir au tannage des cuirs, l’écorce de chêne est hachée mécaniquement ou à la main, puis réduite entre des meules en une poudre grossière qui prend le nom de tan.
  2. Elle ne prononça pas un mot, elle tourna sur les talons, descendit, alla s’abattre au fond de sa cuisine, les coudes sur sa table à hacher, où elle sanglota entre ses mains jointes.

This word in other languages

chop(English)cortar(Español)hacken(Deutsch)picar(Português)

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 "hacher"?
"hacher" is spelled H-A-C-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h aspiré))\a.ʃe\.
What does "hacher" mean?
As a verb, "hacher" means: Couper en petits morceaux, avec un instrument tranchant (couteau, hachoir, mixeur…).
How do you pronounce "hacher"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hacher" is ^((h aspiré))\a.ʃe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hacher" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Günter#60,065hélios#60,082gisent#60,049garées#60,042

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list