éberluer
\e.bɛʁ.lɥe\
The verdict
“éberluer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Donner la berlue.
Corpus desk
Index FR-eberluer · éberluer · French
éberluer · 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 | éberluer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.bɛʁ.lɥe\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
éberluer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \e.bɛʁ.lɥe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
éberluer has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is éberluer, spelled É-B-E-R-L-U-E-R.
Definition
- 1Donner la berlue.
- 2Surprendre très fortement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how éberluer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Bois plutôt un coup de rouge, grommela Gogaîlle qu’éberluait cette passion.
Synonyms
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.