trublion
\tʁy.bli.jɔ̃\
The verdict
“trublion” is uncommon French (frequency #82,546 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,546
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Agitateur royaliste et nationaliste pendant l’affaire Dreyfus.
Corpus desk
Index FR-trublion · trublion · French
trublion · rank #82,546 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,546
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH triturer
Nearest frequency peer: triturer (-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 « trublion »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- transportab…
transportables
17,459 corpus weight
- traveller
traveller
17,458 corpus weight
- triturer
triturer
17,456 corpus weight
- trublion
trublion
17,455 corpus weight
- Trébizonde
Trébizonde
17,454 corpus weight
- Trégor
Trégor
17,453 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « trublion » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | trublion |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tʁy.bli.jɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #82,546 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « trublion » en français
Rare enough to double-check
trublion is uncommon French at frequency #82,546 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʁy.bli.jɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for trublion in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is trublion, spelled T-R-U-B-L-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Agitateur royaliste et nationaliste pendant l’affaire Dreyfus.
- 2Semeur de trouble, personne perturbatrice qui provoque du désordre délibérément.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how trublion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les Trublions xénophobes.
Une lettre d’un accusé de la Haute-Cour en 1900, M. Dubuc, lettre qui figura dans le dossier du procès [Dreyfus] et fut publiée par les journaux, parlait de décerveler les dreyfusards, ce qui décelait de grandes ardeurs patriotiques. Ce lecteur d’Ubu fut dès lors appelé par la presse de gauche le décerveleur Dubuc. Et, allant d’Ubu à Dubuc, le mot ne s’y…
Synonyms
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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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