cambrousse

\kɑ̃.bʁus\

/\kɑ̃.bʁus\/ noun

The verdict

“cambrousse” is uncommon French (frequency #61,369 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,369
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Coin de campagne reculé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cambrousse · cambrousse · French

cambrousse · rank #61,369 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,369
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH calvinisme

Nearest frequency peer: calvinisme (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « cambrousse »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cambrousse » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cambrousse
PropertyValue
Headwordcambrousse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɑ̃.bʁus\
Letters10
Frequency rank#61,369
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cambrousse » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.cambroussetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « calvinisme » (#61,368), « Cancale » (#61,370), « calmés » (#61,367). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cambrousse » est au #61,369. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cambrousse is uncommon French at frequency #61,369 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɑ̃.bʁus\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Coin de campagne reculé.".

Zero misspellings are on record for cambrousse in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is cambrousse, spelled C-A-M-B-R-O-U-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Coin de campagne reculé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how cambrousse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ainsi accoutrés, il n’aurait pas fallu qu’ils aillent se balader à la cambrousse. N’importe quel pedzouille les eût pris pour des Martiens.
  2. C’était un brav’ gnière Qui ne mouftait guère Qu’avait depuis sa jeunesse Le goût d’la cambrousse Les jetons d’la rousse Et un faible pour la fesse

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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cambrousse"?
"cambrousse" is spelled C-A-M-B-R-O-U-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɑ̃.bʁus\.
What does "cambrousse" mean?
As a noun, "cambrousse" means: Coin de campagne reculé.
How do you pronounce "cambrousse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cambrousse" is \kɑ̃.bʁus\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cambrousse", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list