baudruche
\bo.dʁyʃ\
The verdict
“baudruche” is an uncommon French word, ranked #53,802 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #53,802
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Péritoine du cæcum de bœuf ou de mouton, lavé puis séché à l'étuve, qui sert à recouvrir ou à fabriquer certains objets, elle était aussi utilisée pour activer la cicatrisation des plaies cutanées ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | baudruche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bo.dʁyʃ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #53,802 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “baudruche” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for baudruche is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bo.dʁyʃ\. Corpus data places it at rank #53,802 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
baudruche doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is baudruche, spelled B-A-U-D-R-U-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Péritoine du cæcum de bœuf ou de mouton, lavé puis séché à l'étuve, qui sert à recouvrir ou à fabriquer certains objets, elle était aussi utilisée pour activer la cicatrisation des plaies cutanées et pour fabriquer des préservatifs.
- 2Personne qui n’a que les apparences des mérites qu’on lui prête et qui se dégonfle aisément.
- 3Ballon de baudruche.
- 4Feuille mince ayant des propriétés similaires à la baudruche.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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Using “baudruche”
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- The one correct French spelling is B-A-U-D-R-U-C-H-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bo.dʁyʃ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.