parbleu
\paʁ.blø\
The verdict
“parbleu” is uncommon French (frequency #85,997 among 248,534 “P” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,997
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sorte de juron.
Corpus desk
Index FR-parbleu · parbleu · French
parbleu · rank #85,997 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,997
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 248,534
- PHOTO-FINISH parapher
Nearest frequency peer: parapher (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “parbleu”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- paperback
paperback
14,007 corpus weight
- papet
papet
14,006 corpus weight
- parapher
parapher
14,005 corpus weight
- parbleu
parbleu
14,004 corpus weight
- parson
parson
14,002 corpus weight
- participera…
participeraient
14,001 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “parbleu” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | parbleu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | \paʁ.blø\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #85,997 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “parbleu” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
parbleu is uncommon French at frequency #85,997 among 248,534 “P” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \paʁ.blø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sorte de juron.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for parbleu, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 parbleu, spelled P-A-R-B-L-E-U.
Definition
- 1Sorte de juron.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how parbleu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Salviati, s’asseyant. – Voilà une jolie femme qui passe. — Où diable l’ai-je donc vue ? — Ah ! parbleu ! c’est dans mon lit.
— On les condamne donc à mort ceux qui vont proclamant des vérités, — Tiens !… Parbleu !… Il ne manquerait plus qu’on les nommât ministres ou archevêques… ou qu’on leur donnât la croix de la Légion d’honneur !… Ah ! çà !… D’où venez-vous ?
This word in other languages
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "parbleu", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.