favouille
\fa.vuj\
The verdict
“favouille” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Carcinus maenas ou crabe vert.
Corpus desk
Index FR-favouille · favouille · French
favouille · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | favouille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fa.vuj\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
favouille is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fa.vuj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for favouille in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is favouille, spelled F-A-V-O-U-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Carcinus maenas ou crabe vert.
- 2Désigne une personne qui n'a pas beaucoup d'entendement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how favouille appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les crabes communs (favouille) de moyenne grosseur, sont préférables ; on prendra plutôt des femelles, si cela est possible.
Son père hausse les épaules. Il lui dit : " Il y a des moments, ma fille, tu es vraiment une favouille." Elle rit, elle lui demande : "Comment sais-tu ça ?" Il répond qu'il a des provençaux, parmi ses ouvriers. Ils lui ont expliqué que le mot favouille désigne un petit crabe pas très malin, ce qui est rare chez nos ancêtres supposés les plus reculés, et q…
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