loucher

\lu.ʃe\

/\lu.ʃe\/ verb

The verdict

“loucher” is uncommon French (frequency #75,857 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,857
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Être atteint de strabisme, en parlant d'une personne.

Corpus desk

Index FR-loucher · loucher · French

loucher · rank #75,857 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,857
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH loom

Nearest frequency peer: loom (-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 « loucher »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for loucher
PropertyValue
Headwordloucher
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\lu.ʃe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#75,857
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « loucher » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).louchertombe 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: « loom » (#75,856), « louet » (#75,858), « loisible » (#75,855). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « loucher » est au #75,857. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

loucher is uncommon French at frequency #75,857 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \lu.ʃe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for loucher, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

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 loucher, spelled L-O-U-C-H-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Être atteint de strabisme, en parlant d'une personne.
  2. 2
    Converger, ou diverger, en parlant des yeux.
  3. 3
    Forcer ses yeux à converger artificiellement.
  4. 4
    Jeter un œil de façon détournée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Et le feu d’un petit brasero avec trois grelotteux autour qui louchaient dans la fumée puante. On n’était pas très bien.
  2. Il avait trente ans. Il était pistonné. Il le serait toujours car il faisait le nécessaire ; et il avait épousé une femme qui louchait mais qui l’apparentait aux familles en place.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "loucher"?
"loucher" is spelled L-O-U-C-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \lu.ʃe\.
What does "loucher" mean?
As a verb, "loucher" means: Être atteint de strabisme, en parlant d'une personne.
How do you pronounce "loucher"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "loucher" is \lu.ʃe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "loucher" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list