ketch
\kɛtʃ\
The verdict
“ketch” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Voilier à deux mâts, dont le grand mât est devant, et le mât d’artimon devant la mèche du safran.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ketch · ketch · French
ketch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" 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 | ketch |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɛtʃ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ketch » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ketch is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɛtʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Voilier à deux mâts, dont le grand mât est devant, et le mât d’artimon devant la mèche du safran.".
ketch doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is ketch, spelled K-E-T-C-H.
Definition
- 1Voilier à deux mâts, dont le grand mât est devant, et le mât d’artimon devant la mèche du safran.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ketch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est un fifty-fifty, un Spey I, de construction anglaise ; douze mètres vingt hors tout et un mètre quarante-cinq de tirant d’eau, gréé en ketch, avec un diesel de cinquante chevaux.
C'était sans doute jadis un ketch d'un modèle ou d'un autre mais les mâts avaient été brisés pratiquement au ras du pont et la seule chose qui restait au-dessus c'étaient des taquets de cuivre et quelques montants du bastingage.
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.