babillement
\ba.bij.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“babillement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de babiller.
Corpus desk
Index FR-babillement · babillement · French
babillement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | babillement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ba.bij.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « babillement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
babillement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ba.bij.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action de babiller.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for babillement in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is babillement, spelled B-A-B-I-L-L-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action de babiller.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how babillement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Rien ne lui échappait : le susurrement sucré de la jeune vedette héroïne, le parler guttural du caïd sans scrupules, les nasillements du faux-frère, les jacassements de la commère, le jargon du bellâtre amoureux, les caracoulements du jeune premier, les gémissements de l’orpheline, les piaulements des villageois, les babillements des ouvrières, les graill…
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.