bredouillement
\bʁə.duj.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“bredouillement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de bredouiller.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bredouillement · bredouillement · French
bredouillement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 | bredouillement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bʁə.duj.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
bredouillement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bʁə.duj.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bredouillement, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is bredouillement, spelled B-R-E-D-O-U-I-L-L-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action de bredouiller.
- 2Trouble particulier de la phonation qui se caractérise par des paroles rapides et, ou, un mélange d’idées, produisant un télescopage de syllabes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bredouillement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le même bredouillement de syllabes se fit entendre, couvert par les huées de la classe.
Elle n’en put rien tirer d’abord, que ces bredouillements apeurés.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.