falbala
\fal.ba.la\
The verdict
“falbala” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pièce d’étoffe plissée utilisée pour rehausser l’apparence d’un vêtement ou d’un rideau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-falbala · falbala · French
falbala · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | falbala |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fal.ba.la\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « falbala » en français
Rare enough to double-check
falbala is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fal.ba.la\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
falbala has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 falbala, spelled F-A-L-B-A-L-A.
Definition
- 1Pièce d’étoffe plissée utilisée pour rehausser l’apparence d’un vêtement ou d’un rideau.
- 2(Par extension) Expansions latérales ondulées du stipe de certaines algues.
- 3Ornement trop voyant sur les vêtements.
- 4Rituel inutile.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how falbala appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Madame Necker, […], ne le cédait en magnificence à aucune des dames de son cercle. Trois étages de falbalas garnissaient sa robe; ….
Quant aux serpents, il en vit plusieurs, et l’Infante épouvantée serrait autour de ses chevilles sa robe à falbalas, qui traînait des guirlandes de ronces mortes.
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.