berlingot

\bɛʁ.lɛ̃.ɡo\

/\bɛʁ.lɛ̃.ɡo\/ noun

The verdict

“berlingot” is uncommon French (frequency #77,279 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,279
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bonbon de sucre en forme de tétraèdre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-berlingot · berlingot · French

berlingot · rank #77,279 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,279
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bertolt

Nearest frequency peer: Bertolt (+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 « berlingot »

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 « berlingot » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for berlingot
PropertyValue
Headwordberlingot
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bɛʁ.lɛ̃.ɡo\
Letters9
Frequency rank#77,279
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « berlingot » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.berlingottombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Bertolt » (#77,280), « Bethlehem » (#77,281), « beek » (#77,276). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « berlingot » est au #77,279. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

berlingot is uncommon French at frequency #77,279 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɛʁ.lɛ̃.ɡo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for berlingot in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is berlingot, spelled B-E-R-L-I-N-G-O-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bonbon de sucre en forme de tétraèdre.
  2. 2
    Conditionnement de cette forme pour certains liquides, en plastique ou en carton.
  3. 3
    Emballage de carton ciré pour le lait, la crème, etc., de forme (parallélépipède surmonté d'un "toit" à deux versants) et contenu (200 et 500 millilitres) standardisée.
  4. 4
    Pénis.
  5. 5
    Balle d'arme à feu.
  6. 6
    Hymen, virginité.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Martin admire l’accortise du marchand de berlingots, du juif qui débite de la galette rekaka et des ronds à l'anis, du rôtisseur qui fait fumer sur brasier, dans une caisse de tôle, des brochettes de foie ou des merguez, saucisses à la viande de mouton.
  2. On me lavait les cheveux avec du shampoing Dop. On l’achetait en berlingots. J’aimais bien.

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 "berlingot"?
"berlingot" is spelled B-E-R-L-I-N-G-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is \bɛʁ.lɛ̃.ɡo\.
What does "berlingot" mean?
As a noun, "berlingot" means: Bonbon de sucre en forme de tétraèdre.
How do you pronounce "berlingot"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "berlingot" is \bɛʁ.lɛ̃.ɡo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list