bredouillage

\bʁə.du.jaʒ\

/\bʁə.du.jaʒ\/ noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de bredouiller ou résultat de cette action.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bredouillage · bredouillage · French

bredouillage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 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.

Key facts for bredouillage
PropertyValue
Headwordbredouillage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bʁə.du.jaʒ\
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « bredouillage » en français

bredouillagereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

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

Rare enough to double-check

bredouillage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bʁə.du.jaʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action de bredouiller ou résultat de cette action.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for bredouillage in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

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 bredouillage, spelled B-R-E-D-O-U-I-L-L-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de bredouiller ou résultat de cette action.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce bredouillage mystificateur autour de la fameuse culbute ne sera expliqué au lecteur que par la suite.
  2. Vendredi encore, dans le Rose Garden de la Maison-Blanche, décrivant son opposition au rétablissement d’un confinement national pour combattre la pandémie, il s’est presque échappé à parler de la présidence Biden ou, en ses mots après quelques bredouillages, « peu importe ce qui arrivera dans l’avenir. Ça fait mal!

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 "bredouillage"?
"bredouillage" is spelled B-R-E-D-O-U-I-L-L-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁə.du.jaʒ\.
What does "bredouillage" mean?
As a noun, "bredouillage" means: Action de bredouiller ou résultat de cette action.
How do you pronounce "bredouillage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bredouillage" is \bʁə.du.jaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bredouillage" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list