aboulie
\a.bu.li\
The verdict
“aboulie” 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) - Trouble mental caractérisé par une perte de la volonté et une grande difficulté à se décider, à agir (perte de l’initiative).
Corpus desk
Index FR-aboulie · aboulie · French
aboulie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | aboulie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.bu.li\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
aboulie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.bu.li\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for aboulie in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 aboulie, spelled A-B-O-U-L-I-E.
Definition
- 1Trouble mental caractérisé par une perte de la volonté et une grande difficulté à se décider, à agir (perte de l’initiative).
- 2Incapacité anormale du passage à l’action dans le vouloir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aboulie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En fait l’aboulie est toujours plus ou moins générale.
Les prières collectives qui rythmaient les jours et les heures (…) installaient les ouailles dans une bienheureuse hébétude, et les psalmodies diffusées entre les neuf prières quotidiennes par des haut-parleurs infatigables, accrochés aux bons endroits du sanatorium, se répercutaient de cloisons en parois, de couloirs en chambrées, entrelaçant à l'infini…
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.