balivernes
\ba.li.vɛʁn\
The verdict
“balivernes” is uncommon French (frequency #53,798 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,798
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de baliverne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-balivernes · balivernes · French
balivernes · rank #53,798 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,798
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH balek
Nearest frequency peer: balek (-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 « balivernes »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- baja
baja
46,206 corpus weight
- baladeur
baladeur
46,205 corpus weight
- balek
balek
46,204 corpus weight
- balivernes
balivernes
46,203 corpus weight
- balsamique
balsamique
46,202 corpus weight
- barquettes
barquettes
46,201 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « balivernes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | balivernes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ba.li.vɛʁn\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #53,798 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « balivernes » en français
Rare enough to double-check
balivernes is uncommon French at frequency #53,798 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ba.li.vɛʁn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de baliverne.".
No misspelling variants are generated for balivernes in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is balivernes, spelled B-A-L-I-V-E-R-N-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de baliverne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how balivernes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tous les autres gagnent leur pain, et vous, vous vivez de ma charité. Mettez de côté ces balivernes, et trouvez quelque chose à faire. Je vous ferai expier la calamité de vous avoir toujours sous mes yeux, entendez-vous, maudite coquine !
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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