éclabousser
\e.kla.bu.se\
The verdict
“éclabousser” is uncommon French (frequency #65,631 among 40,273 “É” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,631
- frequency rank, French
- 40,273
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Couvrir quelqu’un ou quelque chose d’une boue qu’on fait jaillir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-eclabousser · éclabousser · French
éclabousser · rank #65,631 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,631
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 40,273
- PHOTO-FINISH écroula
Nearest frequency peer: écroula (+1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “éclabousser”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Yazid
Yazid
34,374 corpus weight
- Zorn
Zorn
34,372 corpus weight
- éclabousser
éclabousser
34,370 corpus weight
- écroula
écroula
34,369 corpus weight
- édifiants
édifiants
34,368 corpus weight
- édifiées
édifiées
34,367 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “éclabousser” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | éclabousser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.kla.bu.se\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #65,631 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “éclabousser” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
éclabousser is uncommon French at frequency #65,631 among 40,273 “É” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \e.kla.bu.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
éclabousser doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is éclabousser, spelled É-C-L-A-B-O-U-S-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Couvrir quelqu’un ou quelque chose d’une boue qu’on fait jaillir.
- 2Envoyer de l’eau (ou un autre liquide) par giclées.
- 3Faire gicler de l'eau (ou un autre liquide).
- 4Couvrir d’un liquide.
- 5Couvrir de lumière.
- 6Couvrir de honte, de réprobations, etc.
- 7Étaler un luxe insolent de manière prétentieuse.
Synonyms
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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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "éclabousser", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.