barbouilleur
\baʁ.bu.jœʁ\
The verdict
“barbouilleur” 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) - Personne qui barbouille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-barbouilleur · barbouilleur · French
barbouilleur · 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 | barbouilleur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \baʁ.bu.jœʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
barbouilleur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \baʁ.bu.jœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for barbouilleur, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is barbouilleur, spelled B-A-R-B-O-U-I-L-L-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Personne qui barbouille.
- 2Mauvais peintre, mauvais écrivain.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how barbouilleur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans le contexte culturel de la publication de ce livre, il est observé que, « Les intentions des barbouilleurs nocturnes sont de corsiser les noms des lieux » (Ettori, op. cit. : 360).
Ce que les romans du dix-septième siècle appelaient le coup de foudre, qui décide du destin du héros et de sa maîtresse, est un mouvement de l"âme qui, pour avoir été gâté par un nombre infini de barbouilleurs, n"en existe pas moins dans la nature; ….
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.