braillard
\bʁa.jaʁ\
The verdict
“braillard” is an uncommon French word, ranked #70,442 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #70,442
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui parle beaucoup et fort haut et mal à propos.
| 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) |
Where “braillard” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for braillard is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bʁa.jaʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #70,442 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
Synonyms
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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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Using “braillard”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-R-A-I-L-L-A-R-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bʁa.jaʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.