escarboucle
\ɛs.kaʁ.bukl\
The verdict
“escarboucle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pierre précieuse, grenat rouge foncé avec un éclat vif.
Corpus desk
Index FR-escarboucle · escarboucle · French
escarboucle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | escarboucle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛs.kaʁ.bukl\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
escarboucle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛs.kaʁ.bukl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
escarboucle doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is escarboucle, spelled E-S-C-A-R-B-O-U-C-L-E.
Definition
- 1Pierre précieuse, grenat rouge foncé avec un éclat vif.
- 2Toute pierre précieuse brillant d’un vif éclat, en particulier d’un éclat rouge.
- 3Objet rougeoyant, évoquant une pierre précieuse.
- 4Métonymie de la locution rais d’escarboucle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how escarboucle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vers la fin de la journée, quand le soleil est oblique, il se produit des effets inconcevables : les montagnes étincellent comme des entassements de rubis, de topazes et d’escarboucles ; […]
La robe de Tryphèra était une mince étoffe glauque entièrement brochée d'iris à larges fleurs. Une escarboucle montée d'or la plissait en fuseau sur l'épaule gauche ; […].
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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.