washboard
\waʃ.bɔʁd\
The verdict
“washboard” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte d'instrument de musique, constitué d'une plaque de métal avec des indentations pour servir de percussion.
Corpus desk
Index FR-washboard · washboard · French
washboard · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" 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 | washboard |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \waʃ.bɔʁd\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « washboard » en français
Rare enough to double-check
washboard is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \waʃ.bɔʁd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sorte d'instrument de musique, constitué d'une plaque de métal avec des indentations pour servir de percussion.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for washboard, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is washboard, spelled W-A-S-H-B-O-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1Sorte d'instrument de musique, constitué d'une plaque de métal avec des indentations pour servir de percussion.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how washboard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le line up d'origine est constitué, entre autres, par le guitariste Anthony Stelmaszack et par Fabio Izquierdo qui apporte une touche d'authenticité supplémentaire en jouant de l'harmonica, du washboard et du mélodéon ([…]).
Synonyms
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.