rancho
\ʁɑ̃n.ʃo\
The verdict
“rancho” is uncommon French (frequency #56,208 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,208
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ranch dans un pays hispanique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rancho · rancho · French
rancho · rank #56,208 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,208
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH rajout
Nearest frequency peer: rajout (-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 « rancho »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- rafting
rafting
43,796 corpus weight
- rajout
rajout
43,794 corpus weight
- rancho
rancho
43,793 corpus weight
- rapprocha
rapprocha
43,792 corpus weight
- rassemblera
rassemblera
43,791 corpus weight
- rebuts
rebuts
43,790 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « rancho » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rancho |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁɑ̃n.ʃo\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #56,208 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « rancho » en français
Rare enough to double-check
rancho is uncommon French at frequency #56,208 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁɑ̃n.ʃo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
rancho doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is rancho, spelled R-A-N-C-H-O.
Definition
- 1Ranch dans un pays hispanique.
- 2Soupe ou rata militaire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rancho appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À quelques pas du rancho était creusé un trou qui servait de cuisine et contenait des cendres refroidies.
Le 5, nous traversons la mission de San Luis Obispo avec l’intention de passer la nuit dans un rancho à trois milles de distance ; mais un orage éclate, le ciel s'obscurcit, bientôt nous ne pouvons plus distinguer notre chemin, […].
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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