bloomer
\blu.mœʁ\
The verdict
“bloomer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de culotte bouffante, proche du sarouel utilisée par les femmes à la fin du XIXᵉ siècle pour faire du vélo et remis au goût du jour pour les enfants dans les années 1930.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bloomer · bloomer · French
bloomer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | bloomer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \blu.mœʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bloomer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bloomer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \blu.mœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for bloomer, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is bloomer, spelled B-L-O-O-M-E-R.
Definition
- 1Sorte de culotte bouffante, proche du sarouel utilisée par les femmes à la fin du XIXᵉ siècle pour faire du vélo et remis au goût du jour pour les enfants dans les années 1930.
- 2Short-culotte féminin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bloomer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Entravées par leur jupe à tournure, elles portent le bloomer, une jupe-culotte bouffante qui leur permet de chevaucher les “bécane”.
… et en bas un bloomer, une sorte de culotte bouffante. Pour ajouter à ma honte, la mienne était serrée alors qu'elle aurait dû être large.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.