hanché

adj

The verdict

“hanché” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a une hanche saillante.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hanche · hanché · French

hanché · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 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.

Key facts for hanché
PropertyValue
Headwordhanché
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « hanché » en français

hanchén'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hanché is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui a une hanche saillante.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for hanché in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is hanché, spelled H-A-N-C-H-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a une hanche saillante.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Statues hanchées.
  2. Trente-trois ans au plus ; pas jolie, non, mais singulière ; c’était une blonde frêle et souple, à peine hanchée, une fausse maigre, à petits os.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hanché"?
"hanché" is spelled H-A-N-C-H-É.
What does "hanché" mean?
As an adjective, "hanché" means: Qui a une hanche saillante.
What language does "hanché" come from?
"hanché" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list