boisseaux
\bwa.so\
The verdict
“boisseaux” is uncommon French (frequency #68,085 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,085
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de boisseau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-boisseaux · boisseaux · French
boisseaux · rank #68,085 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,085
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH boira
Nearest frequency peer: boira (-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 « boisseaux »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Biterrois
Biterrois
31,919 corpus weight
- bohémien
bohémien
31,918 corpus weight
- boira
boira
31,917 corpus weight
- boisseaux
boisseaux
31,916 corpus weight
- bonner
bonner
31,915 corpus weight
- bouchant
bouchant
31,913 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « boisseaux » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | boisseaux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bwa.so\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #68,085 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « boisseaux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
boisseaux is uncommon French at frequency #68,085 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bwa.so\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de boisseau.".
No misspelling variants are generated for boisseaux in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is boisseaux, spelled B-O-I-S-S-E-A-U-X.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de boisseau.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how boisseaux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cent quatre boisseaux de terre de Montereau, et cinquante livres de terre de Breteuil en Normandie ; on fait biscuire la terre de Breteuil et ensuite broyer au moulin ; cette terre, mélangée avec les cent quatre boisseaux, fait une superbe terre blanche qui égale en beauté celle d’Angleterre.
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 "boisseaux"?
What does "boisseaux" mean?
How do you pronounce "boisseaux"?
What language does "boisseaux" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "boisseaux", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).