aduler
\a.dy.le\
The verdict
“aduler” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Flatter quelqu’un avec excès par bassesse ou par intérêt.
Corpus desk
Index FR-aduler · aduler · French
aduler · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | aduler |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.dy.le\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « aduler » en français
Rare enough to double-check
aduler is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \a.dy.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Flatter quelqu’un avec excès par bassesse ou par intérêt.".
aduler has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is aduler, spelled A-D-U-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Flatter quelqu’un avec excès par bassesse ou par intérêt.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aduler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pendant deux heures, le prince de Condé connut l’humiliation, et, parmi les plus empressés à l’accabler, il reconnut ceux qui, la veille, avaient été les plus âpres à l’aduler.
Je suis citoyen français, j’ai le droit d’aduler qui je veux !
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.