galoubier
\ɡa.lu.bje\
The verdict
“galoubier” 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) - Lucarne permettant d’accéder au toit d’une maison.
Corpus desk
Index FR-galoubier · galoubier · French
galoubier · 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 "G" 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 | galoubier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡa.lu.bje\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
galoubier is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡa.lu.bje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lucarne permettant d’accéder au toit d’une maison.".
Zero misspellings are on record for galoubier in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is galoubier, spelled G-A-L-O-U-B-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Lucarne permettant d’accéder au toit d’une maison.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how galoubier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les greniers à grain où s’entassaient le seigle […] s'organisaient spatialement dans une rigueur fonctionnelle mûrement pensée : ils étaient les plus éclairés, par un galoubier de verre transparent.
Mais il avait oublié son galoubier, comme on appelle ici le regard qui s'ouvre dans le toit vers le ciel.
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.