bogue
\bɔɡ\
The verdict
“bogue” is uncommon French (frequency #51,923 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,923
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Coque épineuse qui enveloppe la châtaigne, fruit du châtaignier, ou de la faîne, fruit du hêtre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bogue · bogue · French
bogue · rank #51,923 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,923
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH boche
Nearest frequency peer: boche (-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 « bogue »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- bjr
bjr
48,082 corpus weight
- boche
boche
48,079 corpus weight
- bogue
bogue
48,078 corpus weight
- boosters
boosters
48,076 corpus weight
- BPA
BPA
48,075 corpus weight
- Bq
Bq
48,074 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bogue » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bogue |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɔɡ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #51,923 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bogue » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bogue is uncommon French at frequency #51,923 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɔɡ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
bogue doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, 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 usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is bogue, spelled B-O-G-U-E.
Definition
- 1Coque épineuse qui enveloppe la châtaigne, fruit du châtaignier, ou de la faîne, fruit du hêtre.
- 2Péricarpe épineux des fruits de certaines plantes.
- 3Enveloppe, cosse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bogue appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Avec la pointe de sa fourchetine il fit tomber la lourde terre collée à ses semelles, mêlée de fragments de feuilles et de bogues de châtaignes.
Feuilles sans dents ni découpures ; fruit (Faîne) en forme de petite pyramide triangulaire et renfermé dans une bogue presque épineuse.
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.
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