bog

\bɔɡ\

/\bɔɡ\/ noun

The verdict

“bog” is uncommon French (frequency #76,372 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,372
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jeu de cartes qui se joue avec un carton circulaire divisé en six compartiments.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bog · bog · French

bog · rank #76,372 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,372
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH boardwalk

Nearest frequency peer: boardwalk (-2 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 « bog »

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 « bog » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bog
PropertyValue
Headwordbog
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bɔɡ\
Letters3
Frequency rank#76,372
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « bog » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).bogtombe 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: « boardwalk » (#76,370), « BMP » (#76,369), « Botafogo » (#76,375). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bog » est au #76,372. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bog is uncommon French at frequency #76,372 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɔɡ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for bog in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is bog, spelled B-O-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Jeu de cartes qui se joue avec un carton circulaire divisé en six compartiments.
  2. 2
    Main de deux cartes de même valeur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le Bog jouit d'une grande vogue auprès des campagnards italiens. Il vint de Lombardie en France où, au XIXᵉ siècle, il connut beaucoup de succès dans les provinces méridionales. — (Frans Gerver, Le guide Marabout de Tous les Jeux de Cartes, Verviers : Gérard & Cᵒ, 1966, page 76)
  2. Quatre chances favorables se présentent au joueur le bog, le misti, le brelan simple et le brelan carré. Deux cartes semblables constituent le bog.

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 "bog"?
"bog" is spelled B-O-G. The IPA pronunciation is \bɔɡ\.
What does "bog" mean?
As a noun, "bog" means: Jeu de cartes qui se joue avec un carton circulaire divisé en six compartiments.
How do you pronounce "bog"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bog" is \bɔɡ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bog" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list