reblochon

\ʁə.blɔ.ʃɔ̃\

/\ʁə.blɔ.ʃɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“reblochon” is uncommon French (frequency #68,602 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,602
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fromage de Savoie au lait cru de vache, à pâte pressée non cuite.

Corpus desk

Index FR-reblochon · reblochon · French

reblochon · rank #68,602 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,602
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH ratant

Nearest frequency peer: ratant (-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 « reblochon »

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 « reblochon » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for reblochon
PropertyValue
Headwordreblochon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁə.blɔ.ʃɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#68,602
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « reblochon » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.reblochontombe 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: « ratant » (#68,601), « rebuté » (#68,603), « rapprochons » (#68,600). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « reblochon » est au #68,602. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

reblochon is uncommon French at frequency #68,602 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁə.blɔ.ʃɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fromage de Savoie au lait cru de vache, à pâte pressée non cuite.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for reblochon in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is reblochon, spelled R-E-B-L-O-C-H-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fromage de Savoie au lait cru de vache, à pâte pressée non cuite.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le fromage reblochon, ou rebléchon, ou rebrochon, est fabriqué dans la vallée de Thônes et la vallée du Grand Bornand (Haute-Savoie) ; il pèse de 400 à 500 grammes.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "reblochon"?
"reblochon" is spelled R-E-B-L-O-C-H-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.blɔ.ʃɔ̃\.
What does "reblochon" mean?
As a noun, "reblochon" means: Fromage de Savoie au lait cru de vache, à pâte pressée non cuite.
How do you pronounce "reblochon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "reblochon" is \ʁə.blɔ.ʃɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "reblochon" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list