boire

\bwaʁ\

/\bwaʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“boire” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,984. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,984
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mettre un liquide dans sa bouche et l’avaler.

Corpus desk

Index FR-boire · boire · French

boire · rank #1,984 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,984
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH élus

Nearest frequency peer: élus (-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 « boire »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « boire » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

boire vs Bor
40% similar
boire vs bre
60% similar
boire vs bois
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for boire
PropertyValue
Headwordboire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\bwaʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,984
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « boire »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).boirese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « élus » (#1,983), « chômage » (#1,985), « égalité » (#1,982). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « boire » est au #1,984. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around boire (IPA \bwaʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,984 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for boire, with forms such as "bboire", "biore", and "boier". 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, "Bor", "bre", "bois", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 boire, spelled B-O-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mettre un liquide dans sa bouche et l’avaler.
  2. 2
    Absorber avec avidité quelque chose d'immatériel.
  3. 3
    Franchir un obstacle avec facilité.
  4. 4
    Boire de l’alcool avec excès, s’enivrer.
  5. 5
    Absorber du liquide.
  6. 6
    Être sur le point de se noyer.
  7. 7
    Porter un toast à.
  8. 8
    Être bu, pouvoir être bu.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pour couronner le tout, mon avocat se laisse aller sur son banc, tombe en faiblesse, et ne revient de son évanouissement qu’après avoir bu un verre de vinaigre des quatre-voleurs.
  2. J’ai retrouvé ici la coutume américaine de ne boire aux repas que de l'eau ou du lait.

Synonyms

se désaltérerbessonnerécluserpicolers’enivrerimbiberimprégner

This word in other languages

drink(English)beber(Español)trinken(Deutsch)beber(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bboire
  • biore
  • boier
  • boirre
  • borie
  • obire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of boire - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bboire1biore2boier2boirre1borie2obire2
Edit distance from "boire"

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 "boire"?
"boire" is spelled B-O-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bwaʁ\.
What does "boire" mean?
As a verb, "boire" means: Mettre un liquide dans sa bouche et l’avaler.
What words are commonly confused with "boire"?
"boire" is commonly confused with "Bor", "bre", "bois". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "boire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "boire" is \bwaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "boire" come from?
"boire" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

voyez#1,981prêts#1,972noirs#2,004plage#1,964

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

élus6 variantsperd6 variantsoffice6 variantsseine6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list