bois mort
\bwa mɔʁ\
The verdict
“bois mort” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Branches qui ne reçoivent plus de sève, et en général tout arbre séché sur le pied.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bois-mort · bois mort · French
bois mort · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bois mort |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bwa mɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
bois mort is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bwa mɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for bois mort in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is bois mort, spelled B-O-I-S- -M-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1Branches qui ne reçoivent plus de sève, et en général tout arbre séché sur le pied.
- 2Débris, relents de ce qui a définitivement cessé d’être actif, vivant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bois mort appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans ce document, il n'est même pas fait mention de bois mort et de mort-bois, tellement ces épaves appartenaient de droit aux pauvres gens, comme espèce de part à Dieu.
J’eus deux jours de vie sauvage et libre. J’allais chercher du bois mort pour les cuisines, et je commençai avec Gontier deux ou trois cabanes couvertes de roseaux.
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.