broyer du noir
\bʁwa.je dy nwaʁ\
The verdict
“broyer du noir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Se livrer à des pensées sombres, mélancoliques.
Corpus desk
Index FR-broyer-du-noir · broyer du noir · French
broyer du noir · 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 | broyer du noir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \bʁwa.je dy nwaʁ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
broyer du noir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \bʁwa.je dy nwaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se livrer à des pensées sombres, mélancoliques.".
broyer du noir has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is broyer du noir, spelled B-R-O-Y-E-R- -D-U- -N-O-I-R.
Definition
- 1Se livrer à des pensées sombres, mélancoliques.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how broyer du noir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce n’est pas bon qu’il reste ainsi chez lui à broyer du noir.
Au lieu de rester à broyer du noir sur ton divan, viens avec moi manger une friture au bord de l’eau.
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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.