torchis
\tɔʁ.ʃi\
The verdict
“torchis” is an uncommon French word, ranked #73,612 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #73,612
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Matériau constitué par un mélange de terre grasse argileuse, de chaux et de fibres végétales et éventuellement animales, notamment poils de vache, qui est utilisé pour lier les pierres d’un mur ou ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | torchis |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɔʁ.ʃi\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #73,612 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “torchis” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for torchis is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tɔʁ.ʃi\. Corpus data places it at rank #73,612 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Matériau constitué par un mélange de terre grasse argileuse, de chaux et de fibres végétales et éventuellement animales, notamment poils de vache, qui est utilisé pour lier les pierres d’un mur ou ...".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for torchis, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is torchis, spelled T-O-R-C-H-I-S.
Definition
- 1Matériau constitué par un mélange de terre grasse argileuse, de chaux et de fibres végétales et éventuellement animales, notamment poils de vache, qui est utilisé pour lier les pierres d’un mur ou pour former le hourdis d’une construction en colombage.
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 “torchis”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-O-R-C-H-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tɔʁ.ʃi\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.