bol
\bɔl\
The verdict
“bol” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #4,733 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,733
- frequency rank, French
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Terre argileuse friable, miscible dans l’eau.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bol |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɔl\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #4,733 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bol” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for bol is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bɔl\. Corpus data places it at rank #4,733 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
bol doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "by", "bu", "Br", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is bol, spelled B-O-L.
Definition
- 1Terre argileuse friable, miscible dans l’eau.
- 2Petite boule composée de cette terre riche en oxydes, autrefois utilisée comme médicament.
- 3Du sens de « boule d’argile servie comme médicament » :
- 4Du sens de « boule d’argile servie comme médicament » :
- 5Du sens de « boule d’argile servie comme médicament » :
- 6Du sens de « boule d’argile servie comme médicament » :
- 7Argile riche en oxydes employée par les peintres, les doreurs, les relieurs.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “bol”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-O-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bɔl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “by” - see the side-by-side comparison. bol vs by
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.