diablerie
\djɑ.blə.ʁi\
The verdict
“diablerie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Maléfice qui vient du diable ou qu’on lui attribue.
Corpus desk
Index FR-diablerie · diablerie · French
diablerie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | diablerie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \djɑ.blə.ʁi\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « diablerie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
diablerie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \djɑ.blə.ʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 8 senses are on record.
diablerie has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 diablerie, spelled D-I-A-B-L-E-R-I-E.
Definition
- 1Maléfice qui vient du diable ou qu’on lui attribue.
- 2Prétendues possessions ; ensorcellements.
- 3Mal, mauvais esprit, ruse, disposition au vice ou à l’intrigue.
- 4Complot, intrigue, méfait.
- 5Tout mauvais effet dont on ne peut découvrir la cause, et surtout des machinations secrètes qui nuisent au succès d’une affaire.
- 6Pièce populaire où le Diable joue le principal rôle.
- 7Gravure, peinture ou sculpture représentant des diables.
- 8Spectacle théâtral faisant intervenir des personnages fantastiques.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how diablerie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il se mêlait de diablerie.
Il y a sans doute quelque diablerie dans cette boîte, se dit-il ; cet homme était sacrilège et sorcier. Allons déposer cette cassette chez l’évêque, elle renferme peut-être un démon.
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.