adoubé

\a.du.be\

/\a.du.be\/ adj

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The verdict

“adoubé” is uncommon French (frequency #57,059 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,059
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ordonné chevalier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-adoube · adoubé · French

adoubé · rank #57,059 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,059
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH adoptait

Nearest frequency peer: adoptait (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « adoubé »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « adoubé » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for adoubé
PropertyValue
Headwordadoubé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\a.du.be\
Letters6
Frequency rank#57,059
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « adoubé » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).adoubétombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « adoptait » (#57,058), « adducteur » (#57,057), « agacent » (#57,061). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « adoubé » est au #57,059. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

adoubé is uncommon French at frequency #57,059 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.du.be\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for adoubé in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 adoubé, spelled A-D-O-U-B-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ordonné chevalier.
  2. 2
    Reconnu officiellement, légitimé.
  3. 3
    Bénéficier de la reconnaissance de, de l’oeil favorable de.
  4. 4
    Retiré de sa coquille et cuit dans la saumure

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how adoubé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Un chevalier adoubé, et plus encore un chevalier éprouvé, renommé est quelqu’un qu’il importe de bien traiter.
  2. Cette tradition monarchique est insupportable, même lorsque les personnes adoubées sont de grands artistes et de bons professionnels.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "adoubé"?
"adoubé" is spelled A-D-O-U-B-É. The IPA pronunciation is \a.du.be\.
What does "adoubé" mean?
As an adjective, "adoubé" means: Ordonné chevalier.
How do you pronounce "adoubé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "adoubé" is \a.du.be\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "adoubé" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "adoubé", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list