boisé

\bwɑ.ze\

/\bwɑ.ze\/ adj

The verdict

“boisé” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,650. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,650
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Couvert de bois, de forêts.

Corpus desk

Index FR-boise · boisé · French

boisé · rank #20,650 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,650
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bobine

Nearest frequency peer: bobine (-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 « boisé »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « boisé » 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).

boisé vs bos
60% similar
boisé vs bons
60% similar
boisé vs boss
60% similar

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

Key facts for boisé
PropertyValue
Headwordboisé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\bwɑ.ze\
Letters5
Frequency rank#20,650
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « boisé »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).boisése 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 « bobine » (#20,649), « bouleverser » (#20,651), « bloom » (#20,648). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « boisé » est au #20,650. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around boisé (IPA \bwɑ.ze\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #20,650 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for boisé, with forms such as "bboisé", "biosé", and "boise". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bos", "bons", "boss", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is boisé, spelled B-O-I-S-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Couvert de bois, de forêts.
  2. 2
    Constitué de bois, en tant que matériau.
  3. 3
    Qualifie des fragrances ou arômes dont les notes évoquent le bois ; généralement le chêne, parfois le cèdre.
  4. 4
    Coup boisé : coup involontaire frappé avec le cadre (autrefois en bois) de la raquette.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce salon, sans doute l’objet de bien des économies et de bien des espérances pour le pauvre défunt, est planchéié, boisé par en bas, et garni de tapisseries de l’avant-dernier siècle.
  2. Une note boisée est caractéristique des vins rouges élevés en fûts de chêne.

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bboisé
  • biosé
  • boise
  • boissé
  • boiés
  • bosié
  • obisé

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bboisé1biosé2boise1boissé1boiés2bosié2obisé2
Edit distance from "boisé"

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 "boisé"?
"boisé" is spelled B-O-I-S-É. The IPA pronunciation is \bwɑ.ze\.
What does "boisé" mean?
As an adjective, "boisé" means: Couvert de bois, de forêts.
What words are commonly confused with "boisé"?
"boisé" is commonly confused with "bos", "bons", "boss". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "boisé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "boisé" is \bwɑ.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "boisé" come from?
"boisé" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list