dribbles
\dʁibl\
The verdict
“dribbles” is uncommon French (frequency #51,421 among 404,891 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,421
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de dribble.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dribbles |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dʁibl\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #51,421 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dribbles” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
dribbles is uncommon French at frequency #51,421 among 404,891 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \dʁibl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de dribble.".
dribbles doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 dribbles, spelled D-R-I-B-B-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de dribble.
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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Using “dribbles”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-R-I-B-B-L-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \dʁibl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.