sèche-linge
\sɛʃ.lɛ̃ʒ\
The verdict
“sèche-linge” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Appareil électromécanique pour sécher le linge par un jet d'air chaud.
Corpus desk
Index FR-seche-linge · sèche-linge · French
sèche-linge · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | sèche-linge |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɛʃ.lɛ̃ʒ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
sèche-linge is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɛʃ.lɛ̃ʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Appareil électromécanique pour sécher le linge par un jet d'air chaud.".
sèche-linge has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 sèche-linge, spelled S-È-C-H-E---L-I-N-G-E.
Definition
- 1Appareil électromécanique pour sécher le linge par un jet d'air chaud.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sèche-linge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tous les spécialistes sont d’accord : sauf dans le cas des lave-vaisselle et des sèche-linge, le marché allemand des appareils électroménagers se réduira dorénavant pour l’essentiel aux ventes de remplacement (...)
Cependant, vers 1973, l'usine fabrique quelque temps des lave-vaisselle et un peu plus tard des sèche-linge [Saglio et Bonamy, 1978].
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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.