babouiner
\ba.bwi.ne\
The verdict
“babouiner” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Faire le bouffon, faire des singeries.
Corpus desk
Index FR-babouiner · babouiner · French
babouiner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | babouiner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ba.bwi.ne\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « babouiner » en français
Rare enough to double-check
babouiner is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ba.bwi.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
babouiner has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is babouiner, spelled B-A-B-O-U-I-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Faire le bouffon, faire des singeries.
- 2Manger
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.