boar
\bɔːɹ\
The verdict
“boar” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sanglier (Sus scrofa).
Corpus desk
Index FR-boar · boar · French
boar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- 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 | boar |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɔːɹ\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « boar » en français
Rare enough to double-check
boar is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɔːɹ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for boar in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is boar, spelled B-O-A-R.
Definition
- 1Sanglier (Sus scrofa).
- 2Verrat (cochon domestique mâle).
- 3Sanglier mâle.
- 4Ours mâle.
- 5Cochon d’Inde mâle.
Synonyms
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.