claboter
\kla.bɔ.te\
The verdict
“claboter” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire du bruit avec des souliers trop grands.
Corpus desk
Index FR-claboter · claboter · French
claboter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | claboter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kla.bɔ.te\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « claboter » en français
Rare enough to double-check
claboter is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \kla.bɔ.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
claboter doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 claboter, spelled C-L-A-B-O-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Faire du bruit avec des souliers trop grands.
- 2Mourir, périr.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how claboter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Voyez-les donc, les pauvres bougres. Trop amochés pour pouvoir nous suivre, pas assez pour nous autoriser à escompter qu’ils claboteront avant notre départ d’ici !
Dis donc, il n’est pas verjot, ton directeur. Suffit qu’il ait des vues sur un artiste pour que celui-ci clabote tragiquement…
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.