boiteux

\bwa.tø\

/\bwa.tø\/ adj

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The verdict

“boiteux” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,226. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,226
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui boite.

Corpus desk

Index FR-boiteux · boiteux · French

boiteux · rank #25,226 · 9 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,226
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH blogueur

Nearest frequency peer: blogueur (-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 « boiteux »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « boiteux » 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).

boiteux vs boueux
71% similar
boiteux vs bouseux
71% similar
boiteux vs boîte
57% similar

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

Key facts for boiteux
PropertyValue
Headwordboiteux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\bwa.tø\
Letters7
Frequency rank#25,226
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « boiteux »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).boiteuxse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « blogueur » (#25,225), « biz » (#25,224), « bones » (#25,228). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « boiteux » est au #25,226. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around boiteux (IPA \bwa.tø\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #25,226 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for boiteux, with forms such as "bboiteux", "bioteux", and "boietux". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "boueux", "bouseux", "boîte", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 boiteux, spelled B-O-I-T-E-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui boite.
  2. 2
    Qualifie un meuble à un de ses pieds plus court que les autres.
  3. 3
    Qualifie une pièce de tissu qui n’offre de dessin qu’à l’un de ses bords ou de ses bouts.
  4. 4
    Qualifie une phrase qui a un de ses membres trop court par rapport à un autre ou aux autres.
  5. 5
    Qualifie un vers auquel il manque une ou plusieurs syllabes.
  6. 6
    Qualifie une paix chancelante, mal assurée, sans avenir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Être, devenir boiteux. — Cette femme est boiteuse. — Un cheval boiteux.
  2. Une boiteuse ! répéta le prince. Madame aurait cela sous les yeux ? Ma foi, non, ce serait trop dangereux pour ses grossesses.

Synonyms

banbanbancal

This word in other languages

lame(English)cojo(Español)lahm(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bboiteux
  • bioteux
  • boietux
  • boiteuxx
  • boitexu
  • boitteux
  • boituex
  • botieux
  • obiteux

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of boiteux - 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.

bboiteux1bioteux2boietux2boiteuxx1boitexu2boitteux1boituex2botieux2
Edit distance from "boiteux"

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 "boiteux"?
"boiteux" is spelled B-O-I-T-E-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \bwa.tø\.
What does "boiteux" mean?
As an adjective, "boiteux" means: Qui boite.
What words are commonly confused with "boiteux"?
"boiteux" is commonly confused with "boueux", "bouseux", "boîte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "boiteux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "boiteux" is \bwa.tø\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "boiteux" come from?
"boiteux" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Belgium#25,220bouvier#25,233bénigne#25,238armures#25,206

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

boulette9 variantsBellevue9 variantsassassine9 variantsAngèle9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list