faribole
\fa.ʁi.bɔl\
The verdict
“faribole” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Propos frivole, vain et plaisant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-faribole · faribole · French
faribole · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | faribole |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fa.ʁi.bɔl\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « faribole » en français
Rare enough to double-check
faribole is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fa.ʁi.bɔl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for faribole in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is faribole, spelled F-A-R-I-B-O-L-E.
Definition
- 1Propos frivole, vain et plaisant.
- 2Objet sans grande valeur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how faribole appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
S’il ne jouait pas, on causait, et l’un des amis, le plus souvent leur peintre favori d’alors, « lâchait », comme disait M. Verdurin, « une grosse faribole qui faisait s’esclaffer tout le monde. »
Si mon élève Tom Wills était ici, je vous l'enverrais, histoire de vous rassurer et de pincer également le mauvais plaisant qui s'amuse à ces macabres fariboles, mais Tom Wills est en mission sur le continent.
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.