faire la baboune
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | faire la baboune |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « faire la baboune » en français
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
- 1Bouder.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how faire la baboune appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
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.