rambarde
\ʁɑ̃.baʁd\
The verdict
“rambarde” is uncommon French (frequency #52,300 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,300
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Garde-corps, balustrade placée autour d’une passerelle ou d’un gaillard.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rambarde · rambarde · French
rambarde · rank #52,300 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,300
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH rageur
Nearest frequency peer: rageur (-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 « rambarde »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- quinquagéna…
quinquagénaire
47,705 corpus weight
- quintal
quintal
47,704 corpus weight
- rageur
rageur
47,702 corpus weight
- rambarde
rambarde
47,701 corpus weight
- ravalement
ravalement
47,700 corpus weight
- recording
recording
47,697 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « rambarde » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rambarde |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁɑ̃.baʁd\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #52,300 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « rambarde » en français
Rare enough to double-check
rambarde is uncommon French at frequency #52,300 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁɑ̃.baʁd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for rambarde, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is rambarde, spelled R-A-M-B-A-R-D-E.
Definition
- 1Garde-corps, balustrade placée autour d’une passerelle ou d’un gaillard.
- 2Balustrade placée autour de la passerelle d’un moyen de transport.
- 3Parapet ; barrière.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rambarde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il atteignit le cargo en quelques brasses. À l’arrière, la grappe humaine se pressait toujours contre la rambarde.
Pour un peu, on aurait cru être sur le plancher des vaches. Un seul coup d’œil par-dessus la rambarde remettait les pendules à l’heure. Il y avait déjà deux jours que le bateau filait vers le grand Nord, à la vitesse maintenue de vingt nœuds.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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