bois flotté
\bwɑ flɔ.te\
The verdict
“bois flotté” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bois qui est transporté par flottaison.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bois flotté |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bwɑ flɔ.te\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bois flotté” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for bois flotté is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bwɑ flɔ.te\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bois flotté, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is bois flotté, spelled B-O-I-S- -F-L-O-T-T-É.
Definition
- 1Bois qui est transporté par flottaison.
- 2Bois récupéré dans l’eau, au bord de la mer, et qui a subi des transformations dues à ce séjour dans l’eau.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-O-I-S- -F-L-O-T-T-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bwɑ flɔ.te\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.