stumble
\ˈstʌm.bəl\
The verdict
“stumble” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Trébucher.
Corpus desk
Index FR-stumble · stumble · French
stumble · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | stumble |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈstʌm.bəl\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « stumble » en français
Rare enough to double-check
stumble is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈstʌm.bəl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for stumble in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is stumble, spelled S-T-U-M-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Trébucher.
- 2Se tromper.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how stumble appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He stumbled, but caught himself and avoided tripping.
With his sure foot, he never stumbled once.
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.