boule de cristal
\bul də kʁis.tal\
The verdict
“boule de cristal” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Accessoire de divination utilisé par les voyants, permettant supposément d’y lire l’avenir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-boule-de-cristal · boule de cristal · French
boule de cristal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | boule de cristal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bul də kʁis.tal\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
boule de cristal is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bul də kʁis.tal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Accessoire de divination utilisé par les voyants, permettant supposément d’y lire l’avenir.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for boule de cristal in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is boule de cristal, spelled B-O-U-L-E- -D-E- -C-R-I-S-T-A-L.
Definition
- 1Accessoire de divination utilisé par les voyants, permettant supposément d’y lire l’avenir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how boule de cristal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J’appelais ces dimanches vacants comme une dimension et une profondeur supplémentaire de l’ouïe, comme on cherche à lire l’avenir dans les boules du cristal le plus transparent.
Un autre portrait, « tiré » par un photographe de Namur, commémore, deux ans plus tard, une visite à Suarlée d’Isabelle et de ses enfants. […] On n’a pas besoin de boule de cristal pour prévoir le destin de ces quatre personnes : il est inscrit là.
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.