débourrer
\de.bu.ʁe\
The verdict
“débourrer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Débarrasser de la bourre, du poil.
Corpus desk
Index FR-debourrer · débourrer · French
débourrer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | débourrer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.bu.ʁe\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « débourrer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
débourrer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \de.bu.ʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
débourrer doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is débourrer, spelled D-É-B-O-U-R-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1Débarrasser de la bourre, du poil.
- 2Débarrasser de ce qui bourre.
- 3Commencer à assouplir un cheval, à le rendre propre aux usages auxquels on le destine.
- 4Civiliser.
- 5Faire s’ouvrir les bourgeons, en parlant d’un arbre, d’un arbuste, voire du bourgeon lui-même.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how débourrer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Débourrer le cuir.
Il débourra sa pipe pour s’occuper, il écrasa le culot sous sa semelle en réfléchissant avec lenteur.
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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.