faire la baboune

verb

The verdict

“faire la baboune” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bouder.

Corpus desk

Index FR-faire-la-baboune · faire la baboune · French

faire la baboune · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-8 8 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "F" 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.

Key facts for faire la baboune
PropertyValue
Headwordfaire la baboune
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « faire la baboune » en français

faire la babounereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

faire la baboune is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bouder.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for faire la baboune, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is faire la baboune, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -L-A- -B-A-B-O-U-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bouder.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how faire la baboune appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Je m’impatientais ; qu'est-ce que je foutais là, à perdre mon temps dans le but de plaire à une vieille fille qui faisait la baboune ? C'était ridicule à la fin... J'ai sacré mon camp.
  2. Boudeuse, Cédulie grimpa l'escalier et toute la journée fit la baboune dans sa chambre.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "faire la baboune"?
"faire la baboune" is spelled F-A-I-R-E- -L-A- -B-A-B-O-U-N-E.
What does "faire la baboune" mean?
As a verb, "faire la baboune" means: Bouder.
What language does "faire la baboune" come from?
"faire la baboune" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list