blocaille

\blɔ.kaj\

/\blɔ.kaj\/ noun

The verdict

“blocaille” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Matériau formé de débris de briques et de moellons, de petites pierres.

Corpus desk

Index FR-blocaille · blocaille · French

blocaille · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 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.

Key facts for blocaille
PropertyValue
Headwordblocaille
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\blɔ.kaj\
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « blocaille » en français

blocaillesiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

blocaille is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \blɔ.kaj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Matériau formé de débris de briques et de moellons, de petites pierres.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for blocaille in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 blocaille, spelled B-L-O-C-A-I-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Matériau formé de débris de briques et de moellons, de petites pierres.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Venons aux digues en blocaille. […] Les digues en blocaille usitées sur la Durance & dans autres rivières de la ci-devant Provence, ne sont autre chose qu’un simple mur, plus ou moins épais, construit sur le gravier, dont le parement a très-peu de retraite & dont la base est défendue par une berme.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "blocaille"?
"blocaille" is spelled B-L-O-C-A-I-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \blɔ.kaj\.
What does "blocaille" mean?
As a noun, "blocaille" means: Matériau formé de débris de briques et de moellons, de petites pierres.
How do you pronounce "blocaille"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "blocaille" is \blɔ.kaj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "blocaille" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list