bohort

noun

The verdict

“bohort” is uncommon French (frequency #62,817 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,817
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lance courte et sans fer, pour les joutes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bohort · bohort · French

bohort · rank #62,817 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,817
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bluffer

Nearest frequency peer: bluffer (-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 « bohort »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bohort
PropertyValue
Headwordbohort
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#62,817
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « bohort » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).bohorttombe 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: « bluffer » (#62,816), « Bonny » (#62,818), « blotti » (#62,815). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bohort » est au #62,817. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bohort is uncommon French at frequency #62,817 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for bohort in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 bohort, spelled B-O-H-O-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lance courte et sans fer, pour les joutes.
  2. 2
    Tournoi avec ces lances.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Se vus alez einsi l'espée trette à kurt, Vostre hauberc vestu, en main vostre bohurt, Entre vus et le Rei et ire et graine surt. (Garnier de Pont-Sainte-Maxence; « La vie de saint Thomas, le martyr archevêque de Canterbury » )
  2. G'el connois bien, si fait-il moi, G'el boutai jà à .i. fangai, A un bohort fort et plenier. (« Tristan & Iseut » )

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 "bohort"?
"bohort" is spelled B-O-H-O-R-T.
What does "bohort" mean?
As a noun, "bohort" means: Lance courte et sans fer, pour les joutes.
What language does "bohort" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list