ébarbure
\e.baʁ.byʁ\
The verdict
“ébarbure” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ce qui s'enlève d'une chose qu'on ébarbe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ebarbure · ébarbure · French
ébarbure · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "É" 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 | ébarbure |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.baʁ.byʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ébarbure » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ébarbure is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.baʁ.byʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ébarbure, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. 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.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is ébarbure, spelled É-B-A-R-B-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1Ce qui s'enlève d'une chose qu'on ébarbe.
- 2Traces, irrégularités, qui restent sur la chose qu'on ébarbe par suite de l'arrachement de ce qu'on ôte.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ébarbure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les formules sur lesquelles ces deux messages ont été écrits présentent deux particularités rares attestant qu’elles ont été prises dans un seul et même paquet : dans le filet d’encadrement, une maculature accidentellement survenue au cours de leur impression ; et puis, une ébarbure également accidentelle, identique dans l’une et l’autre.
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.