brûle-gueule
\bʁyl.ɡœl\
The verdict
“brûle-gueule” 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) - Pipe à tuyau très court.
Corpus desk
Index FR-brule-gueule · brûle-gueule · French
brûle-gueule · 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | brûle-gueule |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bʁyl.ɡœl\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « brûle-gueule » en français
Rare enough to double-check
brûle-gueule is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bʁyl.ɡœl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for brûle-gueule in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 brûle-gueule, spelled B-R-Û-L-E---G-U-E-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1Pipe à tuyau très court.
- 2Alcool très fort, presque imbuvable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how brûle-gueule appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce voyageur ailé, comme il est gauche et veule ! Lui, naguère si beau, qu’il est comique et laid ! L’un agace son bec avec un brûle-gueule, L’autre mime, en boitant, l’infirme qui volait !
Accoudé sur le dossier de sa chaise, il lisait un in-folio à tranches rouges, et fumait à grand bruit une petite pipe courte et brune, de celles qu’on appelle « brûle-gueule ».
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.