à la billebaude
\a la bij.bod\
The verdict
“à la billebaude” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - À la fantaisie ; au hasard.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-la-billebaude · à la billebaude · French
à la billebaude · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "À" 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 | à la billebaude |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a la bij.bod\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
à la billebaude is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a la bij.bod\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "À la fantaisie ; au hasard.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for à la billebaude, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 à la billebaude, spelled À- -L-A- -B-I-L-L-E-B-A-U-D-E.
Definition
- 1À la fantaisie ; au hasard.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à la billebaude appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mon grand-père lui-même était bien changé, ses fortes chaussures et ses courtes guêtres maculées de boue, sa cartouchière flasque sur le ventre, sa petite cravate mince nouée à la billebaude sur le col cassé que ma grand-mère lui fabriquait dans de la percale à petites fleurs, tout cela qui m’était habituellement familier prenait une physionomie nouvelle.
Les voitures garées à la billebaude semblaient des épaves, et les friches industrielles avaient des cruautés de pattes d’insecte.
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.