sarrau
\sa.ʁo\
The verdict
“sarrau” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de blouse que portent les paysans, les charretiers, etc., par-dessus leurs vêtements.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sarrau · sarrau · French
sarrau · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | sarrau |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sa.ʁo\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
sarrau is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sa.ʁo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sarrau, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is sarrau, spelled S-A-R-R-A-U.
Definition
- 1Sorte de blouse que portent les paysans, les charretiers, etc., par-dessus leurs vêtements.
- 2Survêtement d’intérieur, généralement blanc et à boutons, descendant au-dessus du genou, typiquement associé au personnel de laboratoires et aux médecins en institution.
- 3Blouse d’écolier, boutonnée dans le dos.
- 4Personne (travailleur, étudiant, médecin etc.) qui l'endosse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sarrau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’étranger entra : il paraissait encore plus vieux et plus misérable que Misère, et n’avait pour se couvrir qu’un sarrau bleu en haillons.
Elle était vêtue d’un sarrau bleu comme les autres prisonnières.
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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.