quolibet
\kɔ.li.bɛ\
The verdict
“quolibet” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Plaisanterie vulgaire et injurieuse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-quolibet · quolibet · French
quolibet · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Q" 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 | quolibet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.li.bɛ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « quolibet » en français
Rare enough to double-check
quolibet is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ.li.bɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plaisanterie vulgaire et injurieuse.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for quolibet, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists 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 quolibet, spelled Q-U-O-L-I-B-E-T.
Definition
- 1Plaisanterie vulgaire et injurieuse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how quolibet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
D’ailleurs, ces filets miroitants qui dévalaient son menton, Wundrak n’aurait jamais pu les tolérer sans émettre un quolibet ou une insulte.
La vraie raison, c’est que notre guide veut m’éviter à tout prix des sévices, des chalbaris ou quolibets qui m’humilieraient bien trop pour une faute involontaire.
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.