babiller
\ba.bi.je\
The verdict
“babiller” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Parler beaucoup à propos de rien.
Corpus desk
Index FR-babiller · babiller · French
babiller · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | babiller |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ba.bi.je\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « babiller » en français
Rare enough to double-check
babiller is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ba.bi.je\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for babiller in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is babiller, spelled B-A-B-I-L-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Parler beaucoup à propos de rien.
- 2Parler sans cohérence de vocabulaire, en parlant d’un bébé.
- 3Produire un bruit semblable à un babil.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how babiller appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
… alors que le vaniteux s’était affublé d’un habit de couleur et babillait avec autant d’insolence et d’orgueil qu’un fat ?
Elle marchait fièrement, noblement, comme une martyre au Colysée. Elle avait néanmoins épuisé ses forces, car elle se laissa tomber sur le divan de son boudoir bleu, comme une femme près de se trouver mal, et elle resta les yeux attachés sur le kiosque en ruines où sa fille babillait avec la cousine Bette.
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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.