balourd

\ba.luʁ\

/\ba.luʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“balourd” is uncommon French (frequency #70,412 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,412
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grossier et maladroit.

Corpus desk

Index FR-balourd · balourd · French

balourd · rank #70,412 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,412
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH baleinier

Nearest frequency peer: baleinier (-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 « balourd »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « balourd » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
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)

Longue queue: rang de « balourd » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).balourdtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « baleinier » (#70,411), « barbiers » (#70,413), « barda » (#70,414). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « balourd » est au #70,412. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

balourd is uncommon French at frequency #70,412 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ba.luʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how balourd appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Elle est un peu balourde, mais ce n'était pas méchant.
  2. Elle, si délicate, se croit tenue de me poser des questions balourdes, imbéciles, comme en poserait une bonne prise en faute.

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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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "balourd", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Bataves#70,417avariée#70,406bielles#70,429boitant#70,434

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list