gribouilleur
\ɡʁi.bu.jœʁ\
The verdict
“gribouilleur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui gribouille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gribouilleur · gribouilleur · French
gribouilleur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | gribouilleur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁi.bu.jœʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
gribouilleur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁi.bu.jœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for gribouilleur in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is gribouilleur, spelled G-R-I-B-O-U-I-L-L-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Celui qui gribouille.
- 2Se dit d’un mauvais peintre, d’un mauvais écrivain.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gribouilleur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une dextérité de pointe rappelant celle de Callot, mais avec une puissance que n’eut jamais cet amusant gribouilleur.
Les petits gribouilleurs des Cahiers du Cinéma et autres lieux devraient bien les lire – si tant est qu'ils sachent lire.
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.