ribaude
\ʁi.bod\
The verdict
“ribaude” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Femme de mauvaise vie ; femme qui se livre à la prostitution.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ribaude · ribaude · French
ribaude · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | ribaude |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁi.bod\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ribaude » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ribaude is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁi.bod\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Femme de mauvaise vie ; femme qui se livre à la prostitution.".
Zero misspellings are on record for ribaude in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is ribaude, spelled R-I-B-A-U-D-E.
Definition
- 1Femme de mauvaise vie ; femme qui se livre à la prostitution.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ribaude appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Qui aurait pu reconnaître, en cette belle ribaude, la mercière du Cheapside, revêche, dévote et sempiternellement vêtue de noir ?
« En vérité, j'étais une ribaude, une fille à soldats : mon cœur, mon lâche cœur préférait l'aventurier à l'intellectuel »
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.