boast
\bəʊst\
The verdict
“boast” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se vanter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-boast · boast · French
boast · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 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 | boast |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \bəʊst\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
boast is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \bəʊst\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for boast in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is boast, spelled B-O-A-S-T.
Definition
- 1Se vanter.
- 2Fanfaronner.
- 3Pouvoir s’enorgueillir de ; posséder quelque chose de spécial.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how boast appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"I am a bombshell now", she boasts.
The hotel boasts one of the best views of the sea.
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.