vachère
\va.ʃɛʁ\
The verdict
“vachère” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Femme qui mène paître les vaches, les bovins, qui les garde, les soigne et s’en occupe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vachere · vachère · French
vachère · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" 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 | vachère |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \va.ʃɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « vachère » en français
Rare enough to double-check
vachère is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \va.ʃɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Femme qui mène paître les vaches, les bovins, qui les garde, les soigne et s’en occupe.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for vachère in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is vachère, spelled V-A-C-H-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Femme qui mène paître les vaches, les bovins, qui les garde, les soigne et s’en occupe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vachère appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Placée comme je l’étais, dans le banc transversal des enfants de Marie groupées autour d’un harmonium essoufflé, je le voyais trop bien, sur ma droite, comme je voyais trop bien, sur ma gauche, assis pour le credo, notre vieux doyen, tout menu, tout chenu, enfoui sous la chasuble verte des interminables dimanches après la Pentecôte et à peine capable de s…
Pendant que les autres arrivaient à la suite, la vachère prit un grand seau et commença à traire Blanchette.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.