boitiller
\bwa.ti.je\
The verdict
“boitiller” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Boiter légèrement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-boitiller · boitiller · French
boitiller · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | boitiller |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \bwa.ti.je\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « boitiller » en français
Rare enough to double-check
boitiller is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \bwa.ti.je\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for boitiller in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is boitiller, spelled B-O-I-T-I-L-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Boiter légèrement.
- 2Hésiter, balancer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how boitiller appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Manon qui avait ôté ses chaussures les remit et, boitillant, saisit un client par le cou, l’entraîna.
L’aîné boitillait depuis qu’il avait roulé sous les sabots des chevaux et la toute petite commençait à trottiner en suivant la bande.
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.