bolduc
\bɔl.dyk\
The verdict
“bolduc” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,309. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,309
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ruban décoratif pour ficeler et enrubanner des paquets contenant des cadeaux, etc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bolduc · bolduc · French
bolduc · rank #32,309 · 9 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,309
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH boisée
Nearest frequency peer: boisée (-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 « bolduc »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- bloody
bloody
67,695 corpus weight
- boisée
boisée
67,693 corpus weight
- bolduc
bolduc
67,692 corpus weight
- bouffons
bouffons
67,691 corpus weight
- bougre
bougre
67,690 corpus weight
- bouse
bouse
67,689 corpus weight
What this shows « bolduc » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | bolduc |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɔl.dyk\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #32,309 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bolduc »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around bolduc (IPA \bɔl.dyk\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,309 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ruban décoratif pour ficeler et enrubanner des paquets contenant des cadeaux, etc.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for bolduc, with forms such as "bbolduc", "bloduc", and "bodluc". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "bouc", "bold", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is bolduc, spelled B-O-L-D-U-C.
Definition
- 1Ruban décoratif pour ficeler et enrubanner des paquets contenant des cadeaux, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bolduc appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On eût dit tout à fait un colis de très bonne maison contenant un cadeau à offrir. “Aurait-il l’audace d’offrir un cadeau à mère ?” pensa Jessie. Non, ce n’était pas un cadeau. Mais sous cette enveloppe et ce bolduc rose, il y avait tout un attirail serré très menu, un grand papier, une large cretonne, une longue corde.
Elle coupait des bolducs roses, déchaînait des comestibles coloniaux, repliait avec soin les papiers noirs goudronnés qui sentaient le calfatage.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbolduc
- bloduc
- bodluc
- boldcu
- boldduc
- bolducc
- bollduc
- boludc
- oblduc
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bolduc - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).