Bouillon

[bulˈjɔŋ]

/[bulˈjɔŋ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Bouillon” is uncommon German (frequency #50,343 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,343
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Begriff für „klare Brühe“

Corpus desk

Index DE-bouillon · Bouillon · German

Bouillon · rank #50,343 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,343
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH brandgefährli…

Nearest frequency peer: brandgefährlich (+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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Bouillon“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Bouillon“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Bouillon
PropertyValue
HeadwordBouillon
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bulˈjɔŋ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#50,343
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Bouillon“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Bouillonfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „brandgefährlich“ (#50,344), „booklet“ (#50,341), „broke“ (#50,345). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Bouillon“ bei #50,343. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Bouillon is uncommon German at frequency #50,343 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [bulˈjɔŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Bouillon, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Bouillon, spelled B-O-U-I-L-L-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein Begriff für „klare Brühe“
  2. 2
    eine Nährlösung für Mikroorganismen und Gewebekulturen
  3. 3
    Bezeichnung für eine dichte Spirale aus Draht, in runder, eckiger und dreieckiger Form

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Bouillon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Will man die Bouillon ohne Einlage in Tassen geben, so muß man sie vollständig entfetten und klären. (Henriette Davidis, Praktisches Kochbuch, z.n. Projekt Gutenberg)
  2. Später hatte er auch in einer Tasse Bouillon einen dicken weißen Bodensatz bemerkt; nach der Bouillon hatte er an heftiger Übelkeit gelitten. (Willibald Alexis / Julius Eduard Hitzig, Kriminalfälle des neuen Pitaval, z.n. Projekt Gutenberg)

Synonyms

BrüheKonsommeeSud

This word in other languages

bouillon(English)caldo(Español)bouillon (de culture)(Français)

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Bouillon"?
"Bouillon" is spelled B-O-U-I-L-L-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bulˈjɔŋ].
What does "Bouillon" mean?
As a noun, "Bouillon" means: ein Begriff für „klare Brühe“
How do you pronounce "Bouillon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bouillon" is [bulˈjɔŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bouillon" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Bouillon", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Brotzeit#50,347Browning#50,348Blutegel#50,337Buchform#50,349

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list