grabouiller

\ɡʁa.bu.je\

/\ɡʁa.bu.je\/ verb

The verdict

“grabouiller” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Variante de gribouiller (entre autres dans le langage enfantin, mais pas seulement).

Corpus desk

Index FR-grabouiller · grabouiller · French

grabouiller · 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 "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.

Key facts for grabouiller
PropertyValue
Headwordgrabouiller
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɡʁa.bu.je\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « grabouiller » en français

grabouillerreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

grabouiller is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɡʁa.bu.je\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de gribouiller (entre autres dans le langage enfantin, mais pas seulement).".

grabouiller doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 grabouiller, spelled G-R-A-B-O-U-I-L-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante de gribouiller (entre autres dans le langage enfantin, mais pas seulement).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how grabouiller appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Marie a repris, Marie s’est battue, et de cette période que l’on peut croire heureuse, il reste des brouillons grabouillés hâtivement sur de grandes feuilles quadrillées jetées au fond d’un tiroir de commode, une de ces commodes ventrues au bois patiné qui vous abreuvent de l’illusion d’avoir traversé les siècles et qui échoua, quand la vie eut tout naufr…
  2. Dans le secret de sa chambre, il faisait des dessins qu’il grabouillait de rouge.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "grabouiller"?
"grabouiller" is spelled G-R-A-B-O-U-I-L-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁa.bu.je\.
What does "grabouiller" mean?
As a verb, "grabouiller" means: Variante de gribouiller (entre autres dans le langage enfantin, mais pas seulement).
How do you pronounce "grabouiller"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grabouiller" is \ɡʁa.bu.je\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grabouiller" come from?
"grabouiller" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list