tranchet
\tʁɑ̃.ʃɛ\
The verdict
“tranchet” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Objet tranchant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tranchet · tranchet · French
tranchet · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | tranchet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tʁɑ̃.ʃɛ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
tranchet is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʁɑ̃.ʃɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for tranchet in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is tranchet, spelled T-R-A-N-C-H-E-T.
Definition
- 1Objet tranchant.
- 2Outil tranchant, obtenu par éclatement ou polissage.
- 3Outil entièrement en acier, plat et effilé, servant aux cordonniers, aux bourreliers à couper le cuir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tranchet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] et il m'arrivait de me réveiller la nuit, au milieu d'un cauchemar où les poteaux sinistres et le blême tranchet de la guillotine semblait attendre que mon tour arrivât de faire connaissance avec eux.
Il ne subsiste plus que la valeur du pain aux yeux blancs qu'entame un tranchet dans la pénombre.
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.