Boileau
"boileau" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Boileau” is uncommon English (frequency #91,305 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,305
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from French, equivalent to English Drinkwater.
Corpus desk
Index EN-boileau · Boileau · English
Boileau · rank #91,305 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,305
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH bonhams
Nearest frequency peer: bonhams (+2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Boileau”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- blunting
blunting
8,700 corpus weight
- blusher
blusher
8,699 corpus weight
- Boileau
Boileau
8,696 corpus weight
- bonhams
bonhams
8,694 corpus weight
- bookbinder
bookbinder
8,692 corpus weight
- Bosse
Bosse
8,690 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Boileau” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Boileau |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #91,305 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Boileau” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Boileau is uncommon English at frequency #91,305 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Boileau in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French Boileau. The correct English form is Boileau, spelled B-O-I-L-E-A-U.
Definition
- 1A surname from French, equivalent to English Drinkwater.
- 2A village and municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Boileau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Former name: Ponsonby (for the municipality until 1993)
Etymology
From French Boileau.
This word in other languages
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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