scotcher
\skɔ.tʃe\
The verdict
“scotcher” is uncommon French (frequency #76,118 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,118
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Coller avec du ruban adhésif.
Corpus desk
Index FR-scotcher · scotcher · French
scotcher · rank #76,118 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,118
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH SCIC
Nearest frequency peer: SCIC (-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 « scotcher »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- scellement
scellement
23,888 corpus weight
- Schiffer
Schiffer
23,886 corpus weight
- Schwarzenbe…
Schwarzenberg
23,885 corpus weight
- SCIC
SCIC
23,884 corpus weight
- scotcher
scotcher
23,883 corpus weight
- secouez
secouez
23,879 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « scotcher » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | scotcher |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \skɔ.tʃe\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #76,118 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « scotcher » en français
Rare enough to double-check
scotcher is uncommon French at frequency #76,118 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \skɔ.tʃe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for scotcher, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is scotcher, spelled S-C-O-T-C-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1Coller avec du ruban adhésif.
- 2Arrêter, immobiliser.
- 3S’arrêter, s’immobiliser.
- 4Retenir par un vif intérêt.
- 5Épater, étonner, interloquer, surprendre, stupéfier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how scotcher appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les jeunes déploient des banderoles et scotchent des posters proclamant leur soif de liberté.
Le franc est resté scotché à son cours le plus bas.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "scotcher"?
What does "scotcher" mean?
How do you pronounce "scotcher"?
What language does "scotcher" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "scotcher", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).