pleuvoir à boire debout
\plø.vwa.ʁ‿a bwaʁ də.bu\
The verdict
“pleuvoir à boire debout” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 23
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pleuvoir avec force, en grande quantité.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pleuvoir à boire debout |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \plø.vwa.ʁ‿a bwaʁ də.bu\ |
| Letters | 23 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pleuvoir à boire debout” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pleuvoir à boire debout is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \plø.vwa.ʁ‿a bwaʁ də.bu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pleuvoir avec force, en grande quantité.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for pleuvoir à boire debout 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is pleuvoir à boire debout, spelled P-L-E-U-V-O-I-R- -À- -B-O-I-R-E- -D-E-B-O-U-T.
Definition
- 1Pleuvoir avec force, en grande quantité.
Synonyms
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.
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Using “pleuvoir à boire debout”
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- The one correct French spelling is P-L-E-U-V-O-I-R- -À- -B-O-I-R-E- -D-E-B-O-U-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \plø.vwa.ʁ‿a bwaʁ də.bu\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.