herbacé
\ɛʁ.ba.se\
The verdict
“herbacé” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est de la nature de l’herbe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-herbace · herbacé · French
herbacé · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | herbacé |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛʁ.ba.se\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « herbacé » en français
Rare enough to double-check
herbacé is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛʁ.ba.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for herbacé, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 herbacé, spelled H-E-R-B-A-C-É.
Definition
- 1Qui est de la nature de l’herbe.
- 2Se dit d’une plante non ligneuse (dont la tige n’a pas la consistance du bois), le terme de plantes herbacées désignant pour sa part des plantes non ligneuses dont la partie aérienne meurt après la fructification.
- 3Qui est couvert d’herbes.
- 4Qualifie des arômes développant des notes d’herbe, de verdure, de rafle, de sureau ou de poivron vert.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how herbacé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À la rigueur on peut voir des liens entre une plante herbacée et un arbre de la forêt. Il est possible que l’humus produit par les feuilles de Conifères conviennent à ces plantes, mais l’inverse est insoutenable.
La lande à Cytisus scoparius se caractérise à la fois par sa pauvreté floristique et sa monotonie ; l’insuffisance de l’éclairement y réduit la strate herbacée dont la composition est encore troublée par le pâturage […]
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.