calembredaine
\ka.lɑ̃.bʁə.dɛn\
The verdict
“calembredaine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Bourde, vains propos, faux-fuyant, sornette.
Corpus desk
Index FR-calembredaine · calembredaine · French
calembredaine · 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 "C" 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 | calembredaine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.lɑ̃.bʁə.dɛn\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « calembredaine » en français
Rare enough to double-check
calembredaine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.lɑ̃.bʁə.dɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bourde, vains propos, faux-fuyant, sornette.".
Zero misspellings are on record for calembredaine in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is calembredaine, spelled C-A-L-E-M-B-R-E-D-A-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Bourde, vains propos, faux-fuyant, sornette.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how calembredaine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ces calembredaines assommaient Frédéric.
Le peintre qui siégeait aux stalles en bas, et l’étudiant en vareuse rouge qui nichait en haut, au poulailler, s’égosillèrent de plus belle, en lazzis et en calembredaines.
This word in other languages
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.