robillard

\ʁɔ.bi.jaʁ\

/\ʁɔ.bi.jaʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“robillard” is uncommon French (frequency #50,483 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,483
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de tabac.

Corpus desk

Index FR-robillard · robillard · French

robillard · rank #50,483 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,483
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH roja

Nearest frequency peer: roja (+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 « robillard »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for robillard
PropertyValue
Headwordrobillard
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁɔ.bi.jaʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#50,483
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « robillard » en français

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « roja » (#50,484), « riaient » (#50,481), « revitaliser » (#50,480). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « robillard » est au #50,483. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

robillard is uncommon French at frequency #50,483 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁɔ.bi.jaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sorte de tabac.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for robillard in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 robillard, spelled R-O-B-I-L-L-A-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sorte de tabac.

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 "robillard"?
"robillard" is spelled R-O-B-I-L-L-A-R-D. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɔ.bi.jaʁ\.
What does "robillard" mean?
As a noun, "robillard" means: Sorte de tabac.
How do you pronounce "robillard"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "robillard" is \ʁɔ.bi.jaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "robillard" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "robillard", 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