frandouille
\fʁɑ̃.duj\
The verdict
“frandouille” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chiffon ; guenille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-frandouille · frandouille · French
frandouille · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | frandouille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fʁɑ̃.duj\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « frandouille » en français
Rare enough to double-check
frandouille is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fʁɑ̃.duj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
frandouille 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, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 frandouille, spelled F-R-A-N-D-O-U-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Chiffon ; guenille.
- 2Marque d'effilochage d'un tissu.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how frandouille appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ces gens déguenillés qu'on appelle frapouilles Dont le corps affautri se couvre de frandouilles S'acharnent à chipper se gossant de butin Le bien d'autrui par eux trouvé sur leur chemin.
— […], et ne trouvera rien à redire à ce qui ne se fait pas, ni ne se pense pas, ni ne se dit pas chez nous, et le « n'a de l'esprit que nous et nos amis » est une terrible frandouille pendue au nez des politiques de certains pays, qui leur fait jeter la tête en arrière comme celle qui pend entre les yeux des chevaux turcs et persans dans les harnois de c…
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.