babarotte
\ba.ba.ʁɔt\
The verdict
“babarotte” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Blatte, cafard.
Corpus desk
Index FR-babarotte · babarotte · French
babarotte · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" 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 | babarotte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ba.ba.ʁɔt\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « babarotte » en français
Rare enough to double-check
babarotte is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ba.ba.ʁɔt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Blatte, cafard.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for babarotte, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is babarotte, spelled B-A-B-A-R-O-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Blatte, cafard.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how babarotte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les babarottes. Nom donné dans le Midi à ces gros insectes noirs que l’Académie appelle des blattes et les gens du Nord des « cafards » [titre de chapitre et note infrapaginale d’Alphonse Daudet].
Le soir de notre arrivée, la vieille Annou, en s’installant dans sa cuisine, poussa un cri de détresse : — Les babarottes ! les babarottes ! Nous accourûmes. Quel spectacle !… La cuisine était pleine de ces vilaines bêtes ; il y en avait sur la crédence, au long des murs, dans les tiroirs, sur la cheminée, dans le buffet, partout. Sans le vouloir, on en é…
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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.