orchard
\ɔr.tʃə(r)d\
The verdict
“orchard” is uncommon French (frequency #69,284 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,284
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verger.
Corpus desk
Index FR-orchard · orchard · French
orchard · rank #69,284 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,284
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH opérera
Nearest frequency peer: opérera (-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 « orchard »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- onusienne
onusienne
30,720 corpus weight
- opulente
opulente
30,719 corpus weight
- opérera
opérera
30,718 corpus weight
- orchard
orchard
30,717 corpus weight
- Ornella
Ornella
30,716 corpus weight
- ornières
ornières
30,715 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « orchard » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | orchard |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔr.tʃə(r)d\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #69,284 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « orchard » en français
Rare enough to double-check
orchard is uncommon French at frequency #69,284 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔr.tʃə(r)d\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
orchard has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is orchard, spelled O-R-C-H-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1Verger.
- 2Ensemble d’arbres fruitiers.
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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