quatre-chemins
\katʁ.ʃə.mɛ̃\
The verdict
“quatre-chemins” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Carrefour, endroits où se croisent plusieurs rues.
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Index FR-quatre-chemins · quatre-chemins · French
quatre-chemins · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Q" 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 | quatre-chemins |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \katʁ.ʃə.mɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
quatre-chemins is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \katʁ.ʃə.mɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Carrefour, endroits où se croisent plusieurs rues.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for quatre-chemins, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is quatre-chemins, spelled Q-U-A-T-R-E---C-H-E-M-I-N-S.
Definition
- 1Carrefour, endroits où se croisent plusieurs rues.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how quatre-chemins appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sa peau avait noirci avec la crasse des nuits sans côté pour dormir. Je le savais, son ange gardien l’avait abandonné dans un quatre-chemins et il était perdu, naufragé dans les plis des jours maigres.
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.