débrouillardise
\de.bʁu.jaʁ.diz\
The verdict
“débrouillardise” is uncommon French (frequency #74,724 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,724
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capacité à être débrouillard.
Corpus desk
Index FR-debrouillardise · débrouillardise · French
débrouillardise · rank #74,724 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,724
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH déchiffre
Nearest frequency peer: déchiffre (+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 « débrouillardise »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- droguent
droguent
25,280 corpus weight
- DSN
DSN
25,279 corpus weight
- débrouillar…
débrouillardise
25,277 corpus weight
- déchiffre
déchiffre
25,276 corpus weight
- déclamer
déclamer
25,275 corpus weight
- décoincer
décoincer
25,274 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « débrouillardise » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | débrouillardise |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.bʁu.jaʁ.diz\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #74,724 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « débrouillardise » en français
Rare enough to double-check
débrouillardise is uncommon French at frequency #74,724 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.bʁu.jaʁ.diz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Capacité à être débrouillard.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for débrouillardise, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is débrouillardise, spelled D-É-B-R-O-U-I-L-L-A-R-D-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Capacité à être débrouillard.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how débrouillardise appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je trouve qu'il manque encore de débrouillardise.
On notera en marge ce détail amusant : Jules Verne a choisi d’appeler son héros Fogg (brouillard), tandis que son domestique grâce auquel il va gagner finalement son pari a pour vertu principale la débrouillardise.
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).