bodo

\ˈboː.do\

/\ˈboː.do\/ verb

The verdict

“bodo” is uncommon French (frequency #90,473 among 227,490 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,473
frequency rank, French
227,490
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du futur de l’indicatif du verbe bodañ.

Key facts for bodo
PropertyValue
Headwordbodo
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ˈboː.do\
Letters4
Frequency rank#90,473
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “bodo” 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). bodo 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

bodo is uncommon French at frequency #90,473 among 227,490 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈboː.do\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du futur de l’indicatif du verbe bodañ.".

bodo has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 bodo, spelled B-O-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier du futur de l’indicatif du verbe bodañ.

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 "bodo"?
"bodo" is spelled B-O-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈboː.do\.
What does "bodo" mean?
As a verb, "bodo" means: Troisième personne du singulier du futur de l’indicatif du verbe bodañ.
How do you pronounce "bodo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bodo" is \ˈboː.do\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bodo" come from?
"bodo" 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 “bodo”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is B-O-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ˈboː.do\ (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

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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