bâcler
\bɑ.kle\
The verdict
“bâcler” is uncommon French (frequency #77,318 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,318
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Amarrer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bacler · bâcler · French
bâcler · rank #77,318 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,318
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH bui
Nearest frequency peer: bui (-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 « bâcler »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- brought
brought
22,686 corpus weight
- bui
bui
22,684 corpus weight
- bâcler
bâcler
22,683 corpus weight
- Bérangère
Bérangère
22,682 corpus weight
- caducs
caducs
22,681 corpus weight
- campanella
campanella
22,679 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bâcler » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bâcler |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \bɑ.kle\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #77,318 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bâcler » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bâcler is uncommon French at frequency #77,318 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \bɑ.kle\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for bâcler in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is bâcler, spelled B-Â-C-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Amarrer.
- 2Boucler.
- 3Arrêter la navigation.
- 4Fermer une porte ou une fenêtre par-derrière avec une bâcle ou autre chose.
- 5Expédier un travail à la hâte.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bâcler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
bâcler un bateau.
Bâcler un port, un fleuve, une rivière.
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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