babillage
\ba.bi.jaʒ\
The verdict
“babillage” 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) - Action de babiller.
Corpus desk
Index FR-babillage · babillage · French
babillage · 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 | babillage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ba.bi.jaʒ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « babillage » en français
Rare enough to double-check
babillage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ba.bi.jaʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action de babiller.".
babillage has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is babillage, spelled B-A-B-I-L-L-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Action de babiller.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how babillage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le dîner s’était passé au milieu d’un babillage énorme, à cause de la permission que nous avions de causer à table les jours de fête.
Que va-t-il raconter ce franchimand ? J'aimerais bien mieux, à la place de son babillage, une belle chanson comme tu sais si bien les faire. Tu devrais y penser, dis, collègue ?
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.