darbouka
\daʁ.bu.ka\
The verdict
“darbouka” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Tambourin d’origine tunisienne fait d'une peau tendue sur l'extrémité renflée d'un cylindre de poterie ou de métal.
Corpus desk
Index FR-darbouka · darbouka · French
darbouka · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | darbouka |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \daʁ.bu.ka\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
darbouka is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \daʁ.bu.ka\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tambourin d’origine tunisienne fait d'une peau tendue sur l'extrémité renflée d'un cylindre de poterie ou de métal.".
darbouka has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is darbouka, spelled D-A-R-B-O-U-K-A.
Definition
- 1Tambourin d’origine tunisienne fait d'une peau tendue sur l'extrémité renflée d'un cylindre de poterie ou de métal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how darbouka appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les darboukas en matériaux modernes produisent un son plus puissant et plus clair, ce qui les rend plus attrayantes dans les musiques modernes.
En frappant le sol de leurs sabots, ils hochent la tête en mesure, entraînés par la cadence d’une darbouka.
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.