scoubidou
\sku.bi.du\
The verdict
“scoubidou” is uncommon French (frequency #77,918 among 394,209 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,918
- frequency rank, French
- 394,209
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Objet ludique fait de fils de plastique creux tressés de même couleur ou de couleurs différentes, prenant la forme d’un boudin à section carrée et terminé par une boucle.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | scoubidou |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sku.bi.du\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #77,918 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “scoubidou” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
scoubidou is uncommon French at frequency #77,918 among 394,209 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sku.bi.du\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for scoubidou, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is scoubidou, spelled S-C-O-U-B-I-D-O-U.
Definition
- 1Objet ludique fait de fils de plastique creux tressés de même couleur ou de couleurs différentes, prenant la forme d’un boudin à section carrée et terminé par une boucle.
- 2Pénis (surtout de petite taille).
- 3Engin de pêche utilisé pour la coupe des algues, situé au bout d'un bras articulé plongeant dans l’eau, et en forme de crochet sur lequel celles-ci sont entraînées par un mouvement de rotation puis arrachées en longueur rappelant le scoubidou.
- 4Stérilet.
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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Using “scoubidou”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-C-O-U-B-I-D-O-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sku.bi.du\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.