bodhi

\bo.di\

/\bo.di\/ noun

The verdict

“bodhi” is uncommon French (frequency #81,816 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,816
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Éveil ; délivrance ; stade final de la méditation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bodhi · bodhi · French

bodhi · rank #81,816 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,816
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bod

Nearest frequency peer: bod (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « bodhi »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bodhi » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bodhi
PropertyValue
Headwordbodhi
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bo.di\
Letters5
Frequency rank#81,816
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « bodhi » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.bodhitombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « bod » (#81,815), « Bogaert » (#81,817), « bocages » (#81,814). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bodhi » est au #81,816. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bodhi is uncommon French at frequency #81,816 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bo.di\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Éveil ; délivrance ; stade final de la méditation.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bodhi, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is bodhi, spelled B-O-D-H-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Éveil ; délivrance ; stade final de la méditation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how bodhi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. - Non, mais regarde un peu notre drapeau. On dirait une assiette de achcharu. Il y a tout. Des lignes horizontales, des lignes verticales, des couleurs primaires, des couleurs secondaires, des symboles végétaux, des symboles animaux, des armes. Du jaune, du marron, du vert et de l’orange. Des feuilles de l’arbre de la bodhi, une épée et une bête. Une vrai…
  2. Selon le Theravāda, il n’existe qu’un seul Éveil ou bodhi pour les arhat, les pratyekabuddha et les bouddhas, mais chacune de ces catégories d’éveillés ne dispose pas des mêmes qualités.

This word in other languages

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 "bodhi"?
"bodhi" is spelled B-O-D-H-I. The IPA pronunciation is \bo.di\.
What does "bodhi" mean?
As a noun, "bodhi" means: Éveil ; délivrance ; stade final de la méditation.
How do you pronounce "bodhi"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bodhi" is \bo.di\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bodhi", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list