palabrer
\pa.la.bʁe\
The verdict
“palabrer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tenir un ou une palabre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-palabrer · palabrer · French
palabrer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | palabrer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pa.la.bʁe\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « palabrer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
palabrer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pa.la.bʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for palabrer in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is palabrer, spelled P-A-L-A-B-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1Tenir un ou une palabre.
- 2Discuter sans fin, inutilement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how palabrer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Oui, madame Cummings, je vais me reposer. Je palabre, comme vous dites, je divague, je ne sais plus distinguer le vrai du faux.
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.