bolchevik
\bɔl.ʃe.vik\
The verdict
“bolchevik” is uncommon French (frequency #68,858 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,858
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de bolchévique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bolchevik · bolchevik · French
bolchevik · rank #68,858 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,858
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH boirai
Nearest frequency peer: boirai (-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 « bolchevik »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Bohm
Bohm
31,145 corpus weight
- boirai
boirai
31,144 corpus weight
- bolchevik
bolchevik
31,143 corpus weight
- bonze
bonze
31,142 corpus weight
- Bouet
Bouet
31,141 corpus weight
- Bouna
Bouna
31,140 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bolchevik » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bolchevik |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \bɔl.ʃe.vik\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #68,858 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bolchevik » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bolchevik is uncommon French at frequency #68,858 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \bɔl.ʃe.vik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de bolchévique.".
No misspelling variants are generated for bolchevik in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is bolchevik, spelled B-O-L-C-H-E-V-I-K.
Definition
- 1Variante de bolchévique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bolchevik appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quel ne fut pas mon étonnement de voir dernièrement venir à moi, dans un groupement bolchevik un jeune homme qui se nomma : c’était Fidélio.
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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