Beauvois

\bo.vwa\

/\bo.vwa\/ name

The verdict

“Beauvois” is uncommon French (frequency #69,615 among 227,490 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,615
frequency rank, French
227,490
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Key facts for Beauvois
PropertyValue
HeadwordBeauvois
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\bo.vwa\
Letters8
Frequency rank#69,615
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Beauvois” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Beauvois lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Beauvois is uncommon French at frequency #69,615 among 227,490 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \bo.vwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Beauvois has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Beauvois, spelled B-E-A-U-V-O-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Beauvois"?
"Beauvois" is spelled B-E-A-U-V-O-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \bo.vwa\.
What does "Beauvois" mean?
As a proper noun, "Beauvois" means: Nom de famille.
How do you pronounce "Beauvois"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Beauvois" is \bo.vwa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Beauvois" come from?
"Beauvois" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “Beauvois”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is B-E-A-U-V-O-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \bo.vwa\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list