babeurre
\ba.bœʁ\
The verdict
“babeurre” is uncommon French (frequency #93,513 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,513
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Liqueur séreuse et blanche que laisse le lait quand sa partie grasse est convertie en beurre, utilisée comme boisson et ingrédient pour différents mets.
Corpus desk
Index FR-babeurre · babeurre · French
babeurre · rank #93,513 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,513
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH backgammon
Nearest frequency peer: backgammon (+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 « babeurre »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Ayen
Ayen
6,492 corpus weight
- azalée
azalée
6,491 corpus weight
- Azergues
Azergues
6,490 corpus weight
- babeurre
babeurre
6,488 corpus weight
- backgammon
backgammon
6,487 corpus weight
- balaya
balaya
6,485 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « babeurre » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | babeurre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ba.bœʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #93,513 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « babeurre » en français
Rare enough to double-check
babeurre is uncommon French at frequency #93,513 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ba.bœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
babeurre has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 babeurre, spelled B-A-B-E-U-R-R-E.
Definition
- 1Liqueur séreuse et blanche que laisse le lait quand sa partie grasse est convertie en beurre, utilisée comme boisson et ingrédient pour différents mets.
- 2Bâton dont on se sert pour battre la crème dans la baratte.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how babeurre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On étala ses provisions : elles étaient frugales : trois œufs durcis, du fromage séché fort dur, et du pain de seigle. Jacquot et moi, nous avions de la vieille brebis en bœuf-à-la-mode, du fromage durci et un pain salé pétri avec du babeurre, que les paysans aiment beaucoup.
À l’arrivée dans les grandes agglomérations, loin des centres de production, le babeurre se prête mal à la stérilisation par la chaleur. Industriellement, néanmoins, on prépare des babeurres concentrés et même des poudres de babeurre.
Synonyms
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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