boutique
/buˈtik/
"boutique" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“boutique” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #14,075 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #14,075
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like.
| 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
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for boutique is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /buˈtik/. Corpus data places it at rank #14,075 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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.
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Using “boutique”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-O-U-T-I-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /buˈtik/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.