bolée
\bɔ.le\
The verdict
“bolée” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Contenu d’un bol, en particulier de cidre et dans ce cas peut aussi désigner la vaisselle utilisée (petit bol bas).
Corpus desk
Index FR-bolee · bolée · French
bolée · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | bolée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɔ.le\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
bolée is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɔ.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
bolée doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is bolée, spelled B-O-L-É-E.
Definition
- 1Contenu d’un bol, en particulier de cidre et dans ce cas peut aussi désigner la vaisselle utilisée (petit bol bas).
- 2Volume correspondant.
- 3Élève ayant de très bonnes notes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bolée appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ceux qui le connaissaient assuraient que ce gars placide, qu’on imaginait si bien devant une bolée, avec des sabots et un petit chapeau rond à rubans, exécutait des coups de main d’une audace terrifiante […]
La bolée de le Conquet !
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.