jachère
\ʒa.ʃɛʁ\
The verdict
“jachère” is uncommon French (frequency #51,557 among 957 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,557
- frequency rank, French
- 957
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État d’une terre labourable dont on abandonne la culture durant un an, pour la laisser reposer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-jachere · jachère · French
jachère · rank #51,557 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,557
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 957
- PHOTO-FINISH jardiner
Nearest frequency peer: jardiner (+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 « jachère »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- isotope
isotope
48,448 corpus weight
- Ispahan
Ispahan
48,447 corpus weight
- jachère
jachère
48,444 corpus weight
- jardiner
jardiner
48,443 corpus weight
- jed
jed
48,442 corpus weight
- Joux
Joux
48,441 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « jachère » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jachère |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒa.ʃɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #51,557 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « jachère » en français
Rare enough to double-check
jachère is uncommon French at frequency #51,557 among 957 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒa.ʃɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
jachère has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is jachère, spelled J-A-C-H-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1État d’une terre labourable dont on abandonne la culture durant un an, pour la laisser reposer.
- 2Cette terre elle-même.
- 3Domaine abandonné, friche.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jachère appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Antonio me disait : « Quand ce cimetière sera plein, on le laissera reposer, et on enterrera les morts dans l'île Saint−Michel de Murano. » L'expression était juste : la moisson faite, on laisse la terre en jachère et l'on creuse ailleurs d'autres sillons.
Le système des jachères, cette ancienne pratique qui laissait la terre complètement improductive pendant une ou plusieurs années, disparaît pour faire place au système des prairies artificielles.
Synonyms
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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