débouler
\de.bu.le\
The verdict
“débouler” is uncommon French (frequency #50,781 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,781
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tomber rapidement ou brutalement du haut en bas.
Corpus desk
Index FR-debouler · débouler · French
débouler · rank #50,781 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,781
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH dynastique
Nearest frequency peer: dynastique (-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 « débouler »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- doublet
doublet
49,223 corpus weight
- doyens
doyens
49,222 corpus weight
- dynastique
dynastique
49,221 corpus weight
- débouler
débouler
49,220 corpus weight
- découragent
découragent
49,218 corpus weight
- découvreur
découvreur
49,217 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « débouler » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | débouler |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.bu.le\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #50,781 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « débouler » en français
Rare enough to double-check
débouler is uncommon French at frequency #50,781 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \de.bu.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
débouler has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is débouler, spelled D-É-B-O-U-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Tomber rapidement ou brutalement du haut en bas.
- 2Arriver à toute vitesse ou de manière impromptue.
- 3Arriver à un endroit (perçu par une personne déjà présente).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how débouler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— En septembre 2008, le gouvernement annonce qu’il est temps de passer à l’action sous peine de pénalité. L’injonction déboule au pire moment, en pleine crise […].
Il a déboulé dans l’escalier.
Synonyms
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.
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