douillard
\du.jaʁ\
The verdict
“douillard” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Très douillet.
Corpus desk
Index FR-douillard · douillard · French
douillard · 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 | douillard |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \du.jaʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
douillard is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \du.jaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for douillard in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 douillard, spelled D-O-U-I-L-L-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1Très douillet.
- 2Riche.
- 3Qui a une abondante chevelure.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how douillard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est à cinq heures que Lemaître nous rejoint. Lemaître est calicot et Matoussaint le tient en petite estime ; il ne comprend que les professions nobles. Cependant, comme Lemaître connaît des douillards et des rigolos, il l’accueille à bras ouverts.
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.