boeuf
\bœf\
The verdict
“boeuf” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,354. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,354
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante par contrainte typographique de bœuf.
Corpus desk
Index FR-boeuf · boeuf · French
boeuf · rank #11,354 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,354
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH Boeing
Nearest frequency peer: Boeing (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « boeuf »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- BC
BC
88,650 corpus weight
- bella
bella
88,649 corpus weight
- Boeing
Boeing
88,648 corpus weight
- boeuf
boeuf
88,647 corpus weight
- bombardemen…
bombardements
88,646 corpus weight
- buffet
buffet
88,645 corpus weight
What this shows « boeuf » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | boeuf |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Typographic variant |
| IPA | \bœf\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #11,354 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « boeuf »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around boeuf (IPA \bœf\), atypographic variant. Corpus frequency is #11,354 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Variante par contrainte typographique de bœuf.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for boeuf, with forms such as "bboeuf", "beouf", and "boefu". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bof", "bou", "bout", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is boeuf, spelled B-O-E-U-F.
Definition
- 1Variante par contrainte typographique de bœuf.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bboeuf
- beouf
- boefu
- boeuff
- bouef
- obeuf
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of boeuf - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "boeuf", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).