bleuir
\blø.iʁ\
The verdict
“bleuir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rendre bleu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bleuir · bleuir · French
bleuir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | bleuir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \blø.iʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bleuir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bleuir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \blø.iʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for bleuir, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is bleuir, spelled B-L-E-U-I-R.
Definition
- 1Rendre bleu.
- 2Devenir bleu.
- 3Rendre définitif, confirmer une décision, un arbitrage.
- 4Action de transformer un ou plusieurs liens rouges invalides d’un wiki, en liens bleus valides, par la création de l’article sur lequel pointaient les liens rouges.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bleuir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il y a des engueulades qui rougissent les yeux, bleuissent les joues, crispent les poings, arrachent les cheveux, cassent les œufs, renversent les éventaires, dépoitraillent les matrones, et me remplissent d'une joie pure.
Il étalait un coup de poing qui lui bleuissait la joue, tout gonflé de la joie d’être remarqué.
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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.