boudoir
[ˈbuːdwɑː]
The verdict
“boudoir” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Boudoir
Corpus desk
Index DE-boudoir · boudoir · German
boudoir · 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 "B" 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 | boudoir |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbuːdwɑː] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „boudoir“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
boudoir is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbuːdwɑː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "das Boudoir".
No generated misspelling entries exist for boudoir in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is boudoir, spelled B-O-U-D-O-I-R.
Definition
- 1das Boudoir
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how boudoir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"In the drawing room there was no one; at the sound of his steps there came out of her boudoir the midwife in a cap with lilac ribbons."
Synonyms
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.