brouillardeux
\bʁu.jaʁ.dø\
The verdict
“brouillardeux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualifie un temps de brouillard.
Corpus desk
Index FR-brouillardeux · brouillardeux · French
brouillardeux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 | brouillardeux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \bʁu.jaʁ.dø\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
brouillardeux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \bʁu.jaʁ.dø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qualifie un temps de brouillard.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for brouillardeux, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is brouillardeux, spelled B-R-O-U-I-L-L-A-R-D-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Qualifie un temps de brouillard.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how brouillardeux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le ciel fut souvent couvert et brouillardeux ; il y eut des pluies d'abord , ensuite des neiges.
La nuit n'était pas brouillardeuse, mais terne, humide sans pluie, froide sans frimas, une vraie nuit française de janvier.
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.