boutique
/buˈtik/noun
boutique is spelled B-O-U-T-I-Q-U-E: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 14,106th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, boutique means “A small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of boutique is boutiques.
How many letters and syllables are in boutique?
| Letters | 8: B-O-U-T-I-Q-U-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.5 times per million words; the 14,106th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is boutique?
Boutique appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 14,106th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce boutique?
- US /buˈtik/
- /boʊˈtik/
Boutique has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-boutique.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with boutique?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as boutique from its last stressed vowel (/ik/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of boutique
- boutiques plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does boutique mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like.
- 2
A small shop located within a larger one.
- 3
A film production company making only a few movies per year.
- 4
Any company that has an exclusively smaller client base generally in a niche market or specializing in bespoke or custom-made products or services.
a boutique software consultancy
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Boutique in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | boutique |
| German | Boutique |
| Portuguese | boutique, butique |
| Spanish | boutique , de boutique |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does boutique come from?
Borrowed from French boutique. Doublet of apotheke and bodega.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).