boisson

\bwa.sɔ̃\

/\bwa.sɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“boisson” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,270. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,270
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Liquide servant à la réhydratation par la bouche, que l’on boit pour se désaltérer ou pour se rafraîchir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-boisson · boisson · French

boisson · rank #6,270 · 8 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,270
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH canons

Nearest frequency peer: canons (+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 « boisson »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « boisson » 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).

boisson vs boson
71% similar
boisson vs boston
71% similar
boisson vs buisson
86% similar

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

Key facts for boisson
PropertyValue
Headwordboisson
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bwa.sɔ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#6,270
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « boisson »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.boissonse 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 « canons » (#6,271), « cash » (#6,272), « changera » (#6,273). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « boisson » est au #6,270. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around boisson (IPA \bwa.sɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,270 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for boisson, with forms such as "bboisson", "biosson", and "boison". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "boson", "boston", "buisson", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is boisson, spelled B-O-I-S-S-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Liquide servant à la réhydratation par la bouche, que l’on boit pour se désaltérer ou pour se rafraîchir.
  2. 2
    Breuvage alcoolisé.
  3. 3
    Le fait de s’adonner à la consommation d’alcool ; alcoolisme.
  4. 4
    Eau passée sur le marc de la vendange ou sur des fruits coupés en quartiers et préparés.
  5. 5
    Mélange d’eau de cidre et de marc de pomme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La bière est une boisson rafraîchissante, saine et nourrissante […] à Londres, par exemple, la consommation locale s’élève annuellement au-delà de 250 millions de litres.
  2. La cure de boisson est la base du traitement à Vals. L’eau y est consommée suivant les prescriptions médicales dans des buvettes élégantes et bien agencées.

Synonyms

alcoolismeivrognerie

This word in other languages

drink(English)refresco(Español)Getränk(Deutsch)bebida(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bboisson
  • biosson
  • boison
  • boisosn
  • boissno
  • boissonn
  • bosison
  • obisson

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of boisson - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

bboisson1biosson2boison1boisosn2boissno2boissonn1bosison2obisson2
Edit distance from "boisson"

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 "boisson"?
"boisson" is spelled B-O-I-S-S-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \bwa.sɔ̃\.
What does "boisson" mean?
As a noun, "boisson" means: Liquide servant à la réhydratation par la bouche, que l’on boit pour se désaltérer ou pour se rafraîchir.
What words are commonly confused with "boisson"?
"boisson" is commonly confused with "boson", "boston", "buisson". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "boisson"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "boisson" is \bwa.sɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "boisson" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

choisie#6,275courtes#6,284défendu#6,290torture#6,249

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Alexis8 variantsvivait8 variantsdivine8 variantsdonnés8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list