beaucoup
\bo.ku\
The verdict
“beaucoup” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #140. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #140
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En grande quantité.
Corpus desk
Index FR-beaucoup · beaucoup · French
beaucoup · rank #140 · 10 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-CORE #140
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH mes
Nearest frequency peer: mes (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “beaucoup”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- pays
pays
99,864 corpus weight
- français
français
99,863 corpus weight
- mes
mes
99,862 corpus weight
- beaucoup
beaucoup
99,861 corpus weight
- jour
jour
99,860 corpus weight
- quelques
quelques
99,859 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “beaucoup” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | beaucoup |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \bo.ku\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #140 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “beaucoup” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around beaucoup (IPA \bo.ku\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #140 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for beaucoup, with forms such as "baeucoup", "bbeaucoup", and "beacuoup". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "bcp", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is beaucoup, spelled B-E-A-U-C-O-U-P.
Definition
- 1En grande quantité.
- 2Considérablement.
- 3Suivi d’un adjectif ou d’un adverbe de comparaison, il exprime une augmentation ou une différence considérable.
- 4Un grand nombre.
- 5Une grande quantité ou une grande intensité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how beaucoup appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Puisqu’il fallait qu’elle suât, elle devait boire beaucoup.
Je ne me restreins pas ou pas souvent, et j’ai bien conscience d’être gros parce que je mange beaucoup.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- baeucoup
- bbeaucoup
- beacuoup
- beauccoup
- beaucopu
- beaucoupp
- beaucuop
- beauocup
- beuacoup
- ebaucoup
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of beaucoup - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 French 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 French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "beaucoup", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French 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
You've looked up "beaucoup". Here's where to go from here.
- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "bcp". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #140 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "B" letter cohort. B–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.