rêche
\ʁɛʃ\
The verdict
“rêche” is an uncommon French word, ranked #81,539 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #81,539
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Rude au toucher.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rêche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʁɛʃ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #81,539 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rêche” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for rêche is 5 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁɛʃ\. Corpus data places it at rank #81,539 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for rêche in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is rêche, spelled R-Ê-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Rude au toucher.
- 2Âpre au goût.
- 3Rude, difficile à vivre (à propos des personnes ou de leur caractère).
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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Using “rêche”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-Ê-C-H-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁɛʃ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.