bégueule
\be.ɡœl\
The verdict
“bégueule” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne d’une pruderie excessive et affectée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-begueule · bégueule · French
bégueule · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | bégueule |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \be.ɡœl\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bégueule » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bégueule is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \be.ɡœl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bégueule, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is bégueule, spelled B-É-G-U-E-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1Personne d’une pruderie excessive et affectée.
- 2Personne trop exigeante, difficile, à qui ne convient que le meilleur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bégueule appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ne plaisantez pas avec cette femme, c’est une bégueule.
Toutes les bégueules de Lima se sont liguées pour me mortifier de toutes les manières, et le tout, parce que je suis plus jolie qu’elles.
Synonyms
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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.