barbouillage
\baʁ.bu.jaʒ\
The verdict
“barbouillage” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de barbouiller ou résultat de cette action.
Corpus desk
Index FR-barbouillage · barbouillage · French
barbouillage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | barbouillage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \baʁ.bu.jaʒ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
barbouillage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \baʁ.bu.jaʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for barbouillage in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is barbouillage, spelled B-A-R-B-O-U-I-L-L-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Action de barbouiller ou résultat de cette action.
- 2Enduit à la couleur dans les bâtiments.
- 3Peinture ou écriture de piètre valeur.
- 4Action de se barbouiller le corps.
- 5Action de se grimer la peau du visage en noir dans le but de caricaturer un visage d'une personne noire de peau.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how barbouillage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…]; arrivé devant cette planche où l'on espérait lire une indication de route, on se trouve en face d'une sauvage peinture, barbouillage de flammes rouges et d'ailes volantes ; ce sont les âmes du Purgatoire qui crient : […].
[…], je voulus y insister : « Il y avait sur elle du bleu, du vert, du jaune. » Cela n’a jamais été ainsi ; ce barbouillage d’enfant n’est pas la vérité ; […].
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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.