boutique
/buˈtik/
"boutique" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“boutique” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #14,075. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,075
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like.
Corpus desk
Index EN-boutique · boutique · English
boutique · rank #14,075 · 10 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,075
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH BJP
Nearest frequency peer: BJP (-1 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “boutique”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Barney
Barney
85,929 corpus weight
- BJP
BJP
85,927 corpus weight
- boutique
boutique
85,926 corpus weight
- Bowie
Bowie
85,925 corpus weight
- brewer
brewer
85,924 corpus weight
- Brits
Brits
85,923 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “boutique” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | boutique |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /buˈtik/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #14,075 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “boutique” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around boutique (IPA /buˈtik/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,075 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for boutique, with forms such as "bboutique", "botuique", and "bouitque". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French boutique. Doublet of apotheke and bodega. The correct English form is boutique, spelled B-O-U-T-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1A small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like.
- 2A small shop located within a larger one.
- 3A film production company making only a few movies per year.
- 4Any company that has an exclusively smaller client base generally in a niche market or specializing in bespoke or custom-made products or services.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how boutique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
a boutique software consultancy
To keep attracting clients, the law firm of the future just might turn into a legal boutique, says Earle Yaffa, the managing director […]
Etymology
Borrowed from French boutique. Doublet of apotheke and bodega.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bboutique
- botuique
- bouitque
- boutiqeu
- boutiqque
- boutiuqe
- boutqiue
- bouttique
- buotique
- obutique
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of boutique - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "boutique", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #14,075 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.