avocaillon
\a.vɔ.ka.jɔ̃\
The verdict
“avocaillon” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avocat minable.
Corpus desk
Index FR-avocaillon · avocaillon · French
avocaillon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | avocaillon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.vɔ.ka.jɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « avocaillon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
avocaillon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.vɔ.ka.jɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Avocat minable.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for avocaillon, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is avocaillon, spelled A-V-O-C-A-I-L-L-O-N.
Definition
- 1Avocat minable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how avocaillon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Contrarié, vexé, M. de Poyanne fit une scène à Agate, lui reprocha de se mésallier : ce garçon n’était qu’un butor, un avocaillon vide et bruyant, qui plus est le rejeton d’un obscur hobereau de province.
— Et si tu fermes pas ta grand’ gueule d’avocaillon d’la mer, continua Mr. Pike, j’te f’rai sortir d’ici à coups de pied, et tu verras c’que c’est d’travailler… — J’aurai des dommages et intérêts, ricana Davis. — Pas si j’t’ai enterré avant, répliqua du tac au tac le second, menaçant ; et laisse-moi t’dire, Davis, qu’tu s’ras pas l’premier avocaillon d’la…
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.