raboter

\ʁa.bɔ.te\

/\ʁa.bɔ.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“raboter” is uncommon French (frequency #70,989 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,989
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aplanir, rendre uni avec le rabot.

Corpus desk

Index FR-raboter · raboter · French

raboter · rank #70,989 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,989
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rabi

Nearest frequency peer: rabi (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « raboter »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « raboter » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for raboter
PropertyValue
Headwordraboter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁa.bɔ.te\
Letters7
Frequency rank#70,989
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « raboter » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.rabotertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « rabi » (#70,988), « raggi » (#70,990), « rallia » (#70,991). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « raboter » est au #70,989. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

raboter is uncommon French at frequency #70,989 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁa.bɔ.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

raboter doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is raboter, spelled R-A-B-O-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Aplanir, rendre uni avec le rabot.
  2. 2
    Faire un geste brusque de va-et-vient, comme avec un rabot.
  3. 3
    Corriger, polir, en parlant des ouvrages de l’esprit.
  4. 4
    Voler, filouter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how raboter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. On n’a pas bien raboté cette planche, ce parquet.
  2. Les épées d’un vent glacé rabotaient les champs écorchés par le travail des charrues et brûlés par le gel.

This word in other languages

plane(English)hobeln(Deutsch)aplainar(Português)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "raboter"?
"raboter" is spelled R-A-B-O-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁa.bɔ.te\.
What does "raboter" mean?
As a verb, "raboter" means: Aplanir, rendre uni avec le rabot.
How do you pronounce "raboter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "raboter" is \ʁa.bɔ.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "raboter" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "raboter", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ralliée#70,992rancart#70,993ravagea#70,996repeter#71,007

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list