bo-
\bo\
The verdict
“bo-” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a prefix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Préfixe indiquant la parenté résultant du mariage.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bo · bo- · French
bo- · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bo- |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Prefix |
| IPA | \bo\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bo- » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bo- is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aprefix, transcribed \bo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Préfixe indiquant la parenté résultant du mariage.".
Zero misspellings are on record for bo- in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is bo-, spelled B-O--.
Definition
- 1Préfixe indiquant la parenté résultant du mariage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bo- appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La patro de mia edzino estas mia bopatro, mi estas lia bofilo, kaj mia patro estas la bopatro de mia edzino.
La apudestado preskaŭ ĉiutaga de ŝia bokuzo, kiun ŝi kredis esti ŝia edzo, iom post iom malakrigis ŝian unuan doloron.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.