dribbling
\dʁi.bliŋ\
The verdict
“dribbling” 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) - Dans les sports de balle, action consistant à esquiver son adversaire tout en conservant le ballon.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dribbling · dribbling · French
dribbling · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | dribbling |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dʁi.bliŋ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
dribbling is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dʁi.bliŋ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dans les sports de balle, action consistant à esquiver son adversaire tout en conservant le ballon.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for dribbling, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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.
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 dribbling, spelled D-R-I-B-B-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Dans les sports de balle, action consistant à esquiver son adversaire tout en conservant le ballon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dribbling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un grand masque qui paraissait le chef déborda soudain la ligne adverse en dribbling, arriva jusqu'à la porte et shoota le poulet qui vint s'écraser dans la cour à dix mètres de Sinet.
Synonyms
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.