ébouillanter
\e.bu.jɑ̃.te\
The verdict
“ébouillanter” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Brûler avec un liquide bouillant ou de la vapeur résultant de cette ébullition.
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Index FR-ebouillanter · ébouillanter · French
ébouillanter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | ébouillanter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.bu.jɑ̃.te\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
ébouillanter is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \e.bu.jɑ̃.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Brûler avec un liquide bouillant ou de la vapeur résultant de cette ébullition.".
ébouillanter doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is ébouillanter, spelled É-B-O-U-I-L-L-A-N-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Brûler avec un liquide bouillant ou de la vapeur résultant de cette ébullition.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ébouillanter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour tuer les chrysalides, on ébouillante les cocons des vers à soie.
Il s’est cruellement ébouillanté.
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.