balourd

\ba.luʁ\

/\ba.luʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“balourd” is an uncommon French word, ranked #70,412 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.

#70,412
frequency rank, French
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Grossier et maladroit.

Key facts for balourd
PropertyValue
Headwordbalourd
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ba.luʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#70,412
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “balourd” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). balourd lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for balourd is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ba.luʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #70,412 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Grossier et maladroit.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for balourd, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is balourd, spelled B-A-L-O-U-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Grossier et maladroit.

This word in other languages

clumsy(English)palurdo(Español)Tölpel(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "balourd"?
"balourd" is spelled B-A-L-O-U-R-D. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.luʁ\.
What does "balourd" mean?
As an adjective, "balourd" means: Grossier et maladroit.
How do you pronounce "balourd"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "balourd" is \ba.luʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "balourd" come from?
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Using “balourd”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is B-A-L-O-U-R-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ba.luʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list