braillard
\bʁa.jaʁ\
The verdict
“braillard” is uncommon French (frequency #70,442 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,442
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui parle beaucoup et fort haut et mal à propos.
Corpus desk
Index FR-braillard · braillard · French
braillard · rank #70,442 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,442
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH bouillonnante
Nearest frequency peer: bouillonnante (-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 « braillard »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- bordereaux
bordereaux
29,562 corpus weight
- bouillet
bouillet
29,561 corpus weight
- bouillonnan…
bouillonnante
29,560 corpus weight
- braillard
braillard
29,559 corpus weight
- brake
brake
29,558 corpus weight
- Bussereau
Bussereau
29,556 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « braillard » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | braillard |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \bʁa.jaʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #70,442 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « braillard » en français
Rare enough to double-check
braillard is uncommon French at frequency #70,442 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \bʁa.jaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for braillard, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is braillard, spelled B-R-A-I-L-L-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1Qui parle beaucoup et fort haut et mal à propos.
- 2Qui pleure beaucoup et souvent, qui se plaint beaucoup.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how braillard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On entendait la voix braillarde du général Bourgain-Desfeuilles, enragé de cette nuit de veille, pendant laquelle il n’avait pu se soutenir qu’à l’aide de grogs et de cigares.
Favrolles prend la parole. Son vide intérieur, son inconscience braillarde se masquent sous l’énergie de ses propositions.
Synonyms
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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